Representatives from the Department of Agriculture in Sri Lanka, the FAW Task Force and the FAO Representation in Sri Lanka attended the meeting hosted virtually in Bangkok. The member countries submitted updates on the implementation of the national programmes and response actions that are taken to control the fall armyworm. “Since the inception of the outbreak, FAO has been a partner in FAW control and management. With the confirmation of fall armyworm infestation in Sri Lanka, the Government of Sri Lanka requested assistance from FAO which resulted in the launch of a fall armyworm emergency response programme in February 2019, the first such programme in South East Asia. The emergency response in Sri Lanka is aimed at mobilizing resources and expertise to enhance national capacities to tackle FAW.
