01 March 2017, Lipompo South Africa - An Extension Officer from Lipompo Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries inspects farmer Johannes Bogoshi's farm after reporting FAW infestation. His 5-acre maize field is infested with the pest. Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a moth native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas; FAW was first detected in Central and Western Africa in early 2016 (Benin, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo) and in late 2016 and 2017 in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and it is expected to go further.