Resources

Webinar for innovators

• A webinar about the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize took place on April 18th at 13:00 GMT. The full video of the webinar can be found here.
• You can download the webinar presentation here.
• You can review answers to questions asked by innovators here after the webinar.

Information about the Prize:

• Eligibility Criteria – who can enter
• Judging Criteria – what the judges will be looking for
• Judging Panel - who selects the finalists and winners?
• Terms and Conditions – applicants should agree with before submitting their entry
• FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

Resources for innovators:

• Prize fact sheet – one pager which sums up the information about the prize background, the prize statement, criteria and timeline.
• Innovators handbook – a complete handbook to provide useful information and guidance for Applicants who wish to enter the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize.
• USAID Fall Armyworm in Africa: A Guide for Integrated Pest Management - A detailed guide in combatting FAW.
• FAO Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize:  a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa - Another comprehensive guide on the integrated pest management of the FAW on maize.
• Fall Armyworm: Impacts and Implications for Africa Evidence Note, September 2017 - An extensive paper highlighting the impacts and implications of FAW. A shorter summarized version can be found here.
• FAO Statistics Database - A database that offers key data regarding food security and agriculture including gender and land rights, global information and early warning system, agricultural market information system.
• Plantwise Knowledge Bank - A knowledge bank providing a range of information regarding FAW.
• Fall Armyworm: Life cycle and damage to Maize, CABI Plantwise - A fact sheet explaining the life cycle of FAW, highlighting the pests’ reproduction and growth stages and its damage to maize.
• Fall Armyworm Photo Guide, CABI Plantwise - A photo guide identifying FAW and its damage to maize.
• UN FAO Fall Armyworm Questions and Answers - An informative introduction into fall armyworm in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Armyworm Network Forecasts - Regular updates on the status of FAW and African armyworm across sub-Saharan Africa
• Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) - Provides discussion papers and technical notes, training materials, info, fact, tip and activity sheets, indicators and a technology assessment toolkit/
• Digital Principles – the Principles for Digital Development are “living” guidelines that can help development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology-enabled programs.
• Online application form

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