{"id":8794,"date":"2019-08-03T17:43:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2019-08-03T17:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T12:13:34","slug":"centre-launches-dedicated-website-to-contain-fall-armyworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-launches-dedicated-website-to-contain-fall-armyworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre launches dedicated website to contain Fall Armyworm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Welfare\nhas launched a dedicated website (www.fallarmyworm.org.in) to help framers\ncontrol and fight against Fall Armyworm (FAW) pest attacks.<\/li><li>The website provides tips and useful information\nto prevent and control FAW. It also has information on pheromone traps and\nlures to detect FAW at a very early stage of infestation. Further, farmers can\nbuy safety kits, masks and gloves for effective management of FAW.<\/li><li>Project SAFFAL (Safeguarding Agriculture and\nFarmers against Fall Armyworm) is also being implemented. The project has been\nconceptualized by the South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC) and supported by\nFMC India Pvt Limited.<\/li><li>The project aims at safeguarding agriculture and\nfarmers against fall armyworm in India. It seeks to address knowledge gaps,\nenhance farmers\u2019 awareness, organize educational campaigns on prevention of Fall\narmyworm. <\/li><li>The Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera\nfrugiperda is an invasive agricultural pest. It was first reported in West\nAfrica in 2016. In India, its infection was first reported in Karnataka in 2018<\/li><li>It has caused extensive damage to crops in India,\nespecially Maize. In early 2019, Mizoram incurred an estimated crop loss of Rs.\n20 crore caused by an outbreak of the FAW.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Welfare has launched a dedicated website (www.fallarmyworm.org.in) to help framers control and fight against Fall Armyworm (FAW) pest attacks. The website provides tips and useful information to prevent and control FAW. It also has information on pheromone traps and lures to detect FAW at a very early stage of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-launches-dedicated-website-to-contain-fall-armyworm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Centre launches dedicated website to contain Fall Armyworm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[4363],"class_list":["post-8794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-fall-armyworm","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704767301},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}