Integrated pest management in sweetcorn in Burkina Faso
- 29/08/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
No CommentsIntegrated pest management in sweetcorn in Burkina Faso COLEAD, through its FFM+ programme, in collaboration with the Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, is currently conducting a series of trials in Burkina Faso to test integrated pest management strategies against the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on sweetcorn during the dry season, which coincides with the export season. The Fall Armyworm (FAW) has been identified by COLEAD as a priority pest, particularly on sweetcorn, following several interceptions of shipments from Africa at EU borders.… +