Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: BackgroundThe fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda) has proliferated in Africa and Asia, garnering significant attention due to the considerable damage it causes to Poaceae crops, especially maize (Prasanna et al. 2018(Prasanna et al. , 2021;;Kenis et al. 2023).Native to the Americas (Sparks 1979), the FAW was first identified in West Africa in 2016.Since then, reports of its presence have emerged across Africa and Asia over a short period, raising concerns among researchers and policymakers (Goergen et al. 2016;Sharanabasappa et al. 2018; Grow Asia 2020;Kenis et al. 2023).Known for its voracious appetite, the FAW infests 353 types of host plants and prefers maize (Montezano et al. 2018;Hruska 2019).The FAW has caused substantial economic damage, prompting extensive discussions concerning its impact in Africa and the potential risk to maize production in Southeast Asia (Vennila et al. 2019; Grow Asia 2020;Deshmukh et al. 2021;Overton et al. 2021;Kenis et al. 2023). Along with international organizations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)swiftly responded to the confirmed FAW intrusion in Southeast and East Asia, which was initially confirmed in Myanmar, Thailand, and China between 2018 and early 2019 (FAO 2019a;Li et al. 2019; IPPC 2018;Sun et al. 2021).A consultative meeting convened by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) addressed the issue in Bangkok in March 2019 (FAO 2019a; Grow Asia 2020).Subsequently, in August 2019, the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 40th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SSOM-AMAF) discussed a coordinated regional response to the FAW spread (Grow Asia 2020).This meeting led to the drafting of the ASEAN Action Plan on Fall Armyworm 2020-2025, initiated by Grow Asia in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Vietnam, the ASEAN Secretariat, and FAO RAP (Grow Asia 2020). 1 1 The 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) approved the Action Plan in
Source: JIRCAS Working Report
DOI: 10.64096/0002000936
Author: Eiichi KUSANO
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4413864325