India: Centre launches dedicated website to contain Fall Armyworm

Source(s): Down To Earth

By Jitendra

Union Minster of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Parshottam Rupala launched a dedicated website on August 2, 2019 to help farmers fight against the dreaded Fall Armyworm (FAW).

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The Centre’s website will carry tips and useful information to prevent and control FAW. The website will carry information on pheromone traps and lures to detect FAW at a very early stage of infestation.

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“This website will help support farmers in successfully curbing FAW in India through knowledge empowerment,” Bhagirath Choudhary, director of the South Asia Biotechnology Centre, who started an awareness campaign named Saffal to inform farmers about how to control FAW, said.

‘Saffal’ stands for ‘Safeguarding Agriculture and Farmers against Fall Armyworm’. It is conducting a country-wide farmers’ awareness programme on FAW in major maize-growing states such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. 

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