to develop and disseminate IPM strategies to reduce socio-economic impact of FAW in Africa

Duration

• January.2020 ~ December 2024 (5 years)

Participating countries

• Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Activities

• 1^st year
  - Monitoring of occurrence, density, and damage of FAW and its natural enemy
  - Collection and identification of natural enemy
  - Screening of chemical and non-chemical insecticides effective to FAW
  - Evaluation of cultural practices and screening for resistant/tolerant varieties
• 2^nd year
  - Monitoring of occurrence, density, and damage of FAW and its natural enemy
  - Selection of effective natural enemy
  - Field test of selected chemical and non-chemical insecticides
  - Assembling and validation of best management options in an integrated manner
• 3^nd year
  - Monitoring of occurrence, density, and damage of FAW and its natural enemy
  - Implementation of effective natural enemy in field
  - Field test of selected chemical and non-chemical insecticides
  - Assembling and validation of best management options in an integrated manner
• 4^nd year
  - Monitoring of occurrence, density, and damage of FAW and its natural enemy
  - Implementation of effective natural enemy in field
  - Establishment of systematical application method
  - Assembling and validation of best management options in an integrated manner
• 5^nd year
  - Monitoring of occurrence, density, and damage of FAW and its natural enemy
  - Implementation and validation of IPM using natural enemy
  - Implementation and validation of IPM using systematical application of insecticides
  - Participatory scaling-up/Demonstration of effective and proven FAW-IPM strategy
  - Awareness creation of key stakeholders about FAW-IPM (Conduct field days and workshops)