Samenvatting

This report presents a case study assessing the coping strategies of small-scale farmers to fall army worm (FAW) outbreak. The fall army worm spodoptera frugiperda is a migratory pest from America with over 100 years prevalence, the pest is relatively new to the African continent whose presence was first reported in Sao Tome and Principe around January 2016 and it is known to cause extensive crop losses of up to 73% and difficult to eradicate.