Last year, she was involved with the FAO Project on emergency response to enhance technical assistance for early warning, monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm in Myanmar. Ni Ni Htain is the Group Leader in the Biological Control Unit of the Plant Protection Division of Myanmar’s Department of Agriculture.

Plant Protection Division (PPD), DOA – Myanmar P stands for Prevention, A for Avoidance, M for Monitoring and S for Suppressions.

We are following the IPM pyramid and the IPM PAMS. Philippine strategy on the management of FAW is based on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Several factors contribute to the variation. The national infestation average where we used the protocol provided by FAO is 26.35% Infestation varies from. Based on December 2020 data, out of 82 total provinces of the Philippines, there are 69 that were infested. In fact, not all Barangay which is the smallest political division of the Philippines, is infested by the pest. But it does not mean that every area in the country has FAW. After four months of monitoring the insect pest, all 16 Regions of the country had reported its presence. The field is planted to Genetically Modified corn variety and conventional hybrid. It was observed in a cornfield of about 100 hectares in the northern part of the country, municipality of Piat province of Cagayan.

The Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda was first observed in the country on June 2019. Cuatermo’s 41 years of service agriculture have given her the expertise in various fields, particularly in integrated pest management, crop protection, biological control, pest surveillance, rodent management, wildlife management and farmer field school system. Wilma Cuatermo is the Chief of Crop Pest Management Division of the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. Head - Crop Pest Management Division, DOA – Philippines Q&A Discussion on Current Issues and SolutionsĬambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, VietnamĬhina, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong-China, Malaysia, Philippines, SingaporeĬOUNTRY EXPERIENCES: SHARING LESSONS AND ONGOING ISSUES Somsak Samanwong - President, Thai Crop Protection Association

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