Just of recent, one of our technical heads was telling us of how fall armyworms destroyed several hectares of maize of some farmers’ farm last year, making them lose a large chunk of their means of livelihood. In Africa today most farmers lack adequate knowledge on pest management and control, even the government is not helping matters by making available agric-extension workers to educate these farmers.
Another planting season is here already, farmers are getting ready to cultivate maize on their farmland, and money must be made. However the fear of fall armyworm destroying their maize field is still lurking deep down their minds. Many of them are yet to be equipped with the pest management system to help them control this insect pest from attacking their maize. With the help this article, farmers will have an insight what fall armyworm is and how they can prevent it from attacking their maize field.

WHAT ABOUT FALL ARMYWORM
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a species in the order of Lepidoptera and is the larval life stage of a fall armyworm moth. The term "armyworm" can refer to several species, often describing the large-scale invasive behaviour of the species' larval stage. It is regarded as a pest and can damage and destroy a wide variety of crops, which causes large economic damage.it was named because of the species' ability to destroy crops. Because of its propensity for destruction, the fall armyworm's habits and possibilities for crop protection have been studied in depth.
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