FAW

(Democratic Republic of the Congo): USAID's Fall Armyworm (FAW) Activity provides technical assistance to help local agricultural system actors deploy an integrated FAW management strategy in the targeted geographical area, enhancing food security, generating income, and improving the livelihoods of smallholder maize producers. Establishing effective feedback loops and substantive consultation between key FAW stakeholders enables USAID to develop an effective FAW Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy. In addition, with FY 2022 funding, the activity will enable smallholder maize producers in the DRC to gain equal access to the necessary information, skills, and inputs to safely and effectively manage FAW attacks and increase maize yields through good agricultural practices. Maize is an important staple crop within parts of DRC with the potential to improve nutrition outcomes...Results of this activity include: 1) sustainable and cost-effective IPM technologies developed, validated, and scaled for the local context; 2) increased adoption of good agricultural practices by smallholder maize producers and other local agricultural system actors to control FAW; and 3) appropriate

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72066019LA00002 (2019). The source's own text.