Establish a user-friendly feedback system (communication mechanisms). Awareness Extension officers, Toll free lines. SMS alert /voice MoFA-PPRSD, CSIR, Universities 2018 onwards Creation NGOs (Farm Radio) notes for mobile phone users, IVR system MoFA-PPRSD, CABI, Set up a national monitoring and Early MoFA-PPRSD, DAES, Dept of Agriculture, Q2 and ADVANCE (USAID), Warning System Regional Agric Dept, CSIR, Universities onwards CSIR, Universities Surveillance Establish and maintain a regional or Farmers/Public and Private CABI/Plantwise national network of both pheromone Extension/Community Lead System traps and field scouting efforts. Farmers/Departments of Agric/PPRSD/ (ongoing) Control, management Insecticide Research and research Comprehensive assessment of effective and available insecticides on the Ghanaian market for the fall PPRSD/EPA, CABI, Research/Universities armyworm management in Ghana PPRSD/EPA, (CSIR-CRI, CSIR-SARI, BNARI/GAEC, UG, End 2017 (spray trials at different ecological UDS,UCC) Input dealers, Farmer, NGOs zones on efficacy, application timing, number of applications, crop stage, etc) Cost Control 2018 Research/Universities (CSIR-CRI,
Awareness Creation Establish a user-friendly feedback system (communication mechanisms). Toll free lines. SMS alert /voice notes for mobile phone users, IVR system MoFA-PPRSD, CSIR, Universities Extension officers, NGOs (Farm Radio) 2018 onwards Surveillance Set up a national monitoring and Early Warning System MoFA-PPRSD, DAES, Dept of Agriculture, Regional Agric Dept, CSIR, Universities MoFA-PPRSD, CABI, ADVANCE (USAID), CSIR, Universities Q2 and onwards Establish and maintain a regional or national network of both pheromone traps and field scouting efforts. Farmers/Public and Private Extension/Community Lead Farmers/Departments of Agric/PPRSD/ CABI/Plantwise System (ongoing) Control, management and research Insecticide Research Comprehensive assessment of effective and available insecticides on the Ghanaian market for the fall armyworm management in Ghana (spray trials at different ecological zones on efficacy, application timing, number of applications, crop stage, etc) PPRSD/EPA, CABI, Research/Universities (CSIR-CRI, CSIR-SARI, BNARI/GAEC, UG, UDS,UCC) Input dealers, Farmer, NGOs PPRSD/EPA, End 2017 Cost Control Research/Universities (CSIR-CRI, 2018