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The African Development Bank is advocating for a regional strategy to combat the Fall Army Worm (FAW), which threatens agricultural losses of up to $6.187 billion in Central and West Africa over five years. A high-level meeting, hosted by Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture, gathered researchers and stakeholders to address the pest's severe impact on crops like maize and its implications for food security affecting over 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. FAW, originally from the Americas, has been a significant threat in the region since its arrival in 2016.