Farmers' knowledge, perceptions, and management practices of the new invasive pest, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Ethiopia and Kenya

By Teshome Kumela, J. Simiyu, Birhanu Sisay, P. Likhayo, E. Mendesil, L. Gohole, T. Tefera. 2019

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Subfields: Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Tackling fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) outbreak in Africa: an analysis of farmers’ control actions (2019, neutral): “Furthermore, it is worthy of note that nearly 50% of the households in our sample used synthetic chemical pesticides to control FAW [as did the households in Ethiopia and Kenya (Kumela et al. 2019)], with low level of use of non-chemical methods.”
• Status and control measures of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) infestations in maize fields in Ethiopia: A review (2019, background): “A survey conducted in Ethiopia and Kenya showed that 14% and 39% of the farmers practiced cultural methods (such as handpicking), respectively, for FAW management (Kumela et al., 2018).”
• First report of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), natural enemies from Africa (2018, background): “Invasion of fall armyworm in Africa alarmed governments of different countries in Africa to apply different insecticides in maize fields as an emergency response to fall armyworm invasion (Kumela et al., 2018).”
• Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) management by smallholders. (2019, background): “In Ethiopia, Sisay et al. [50] examined parasitism of FAW and found Cotesia icipe was the dominant larval parasitoid with parasitism ranging from 33.8% to 45.3%, while in Kenya, the tachinid fly, Palexorista zonata, was the primary parasitoid with 12.5% parasitism.”
• Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield. A case study in Eastern Zimbabwe (2019, background): “, submitted) and their use remains the main strategy of farmers to control the pest, although with mixed results (Kumela et al., 2018).”