Sustainable management of Fall armyworm
End: dec 2024
Start: jan 2020
Sustainable management of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa coordinated by FAO. NIBIO is one of the implementing partners in Malawi.
| External project link | Information from FAO about sustainable management of FAW |
| Start - end date | 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024 |
| Project manager | Elisabetta Tagliati, FAO |
| Project manager at Nibio | Karl Thunes |
Together with the Plant Production and Protection Division of FAO, NIBIO will improve the FAMEWS (FAW Monitoring & Early Warning System) App for identification, monitoring and fighting FAW. Using the VIPS technology platform for pest prediction, the VIPS prediction model will be integrated into the new version of FAMEWS.
VIPS is an open and freely available service that can alert the producers about diseases, pests and weeds in important agricultural and horticultural crops in Norway. The aim is to provide easy access to information needed by advisors and growers to assess the need for plant protection measures at an early stage.
The Latin American fall armyworm is one of the pests that threatens food security in Africa and India. It does enormous damage to corn and other food plants, and it continues to spread. VIPS will be a tool in the war against fall armyworm.
