Approved Biopesticide for Controlling Fall armyworm (FAW) in Maize Based Cropping Systems in Malawi

The biopesticide in question has been officially approved by the ATCC for farmers access to manage FAW in maize based cropping systems. It was tested across the three main agroecological zones represented by the following districts; Balaka, Mzimba, Salima, Mangochi, Machinga and Zomba.

Its exceptional knock down effect on FAW larvae was testified by the farmers across the project the project sites.

Data and Resources

TLC - Extension Circular Detain-ICIPE 7 (English).pdfPDF
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Fact Sheet - Biopesticide - English versionPDF
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Fact Sheet - Biopesticide - Chichewa versionPDF
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Crop	Maize
Pest	Fall Armyworm
Countries covered	Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
Area covered (GeoJson coordinates, use https://geojson.io to create)
Dataset type	Extension circular
Factsheet format	Paper
Language	English
Date created	2026-02-27
Frequency of update
Last updated	2026-02-27
Author	Felistas Chidyaudzu
Author Email	Felistas Chidyaudzu
Maintainer	Donwell Kamalongo
Maintainer Email	Donwell Kamalongo