Africa is on the threshold of a new beginning, and ICRISAT can help
Along with investments from national governments, ICRISAT can help African countries boost their agricultural productivity, improve food and nutrition security, and enhance Read more...
More vigilance, regional cooperation needed to check emerging plant health threats
Locusts, Fall armyworm, wheat blast, banana Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 and UG99 – a virulent strain of wheat stem rust, are Read more...
Training an army of giants for the biological control of Fall Armyworm
Scouting for natural enemies of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW) in both Asia and Africa, and establishing mass-rearing facilities will aid Read more...
Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm
Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional Workshop on Fall Armyworm Management in Asia” organized in Hyderabad. The Fall Armyworm (FAW) is one of the most destructive crop pests and has invaded crops in India and other countries in the region including Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka....
Can we beat the fall armyworm with lessons from India’s groundnut battle of the 80s?
In the mid-80s, scientists battling the pest Spolit (Spodoptera litura) in India chanced upon an unsprayed groundnut field where the invading moth’s Read more...
Not just maize: Africa’s fall Armyworm crisis threatens sorghum, other crops, too
Scientists from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Niger say that 99 percent of the media and Read more...
Global scientists join forces to battle Fall Armyworm in India
India’s first FAW live tracking tool and farmer advisories to assist in risk mitigation of smallholder farmers Over 30 scientists from global Read more...
Fall Armyworm: Nipping a problem in the bud
India has to effectively deal with this new insect that can devastate maize and a host of other crops. This pest has Read more...
How do we fight the Fall armyworm, the new wound of African agriculture ?
Two years after its first detection in West Africa, this invasive caterpillar is threatening the food security of millions of small farmers Read more...