Fall Army Worm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS)
Sri Lanka
Through the establishment of a National FAW Network, Training of Trainers sessions regarding the use of the FAMEWS application, monitoring and data generation have been conducted for 477 Agriculture Extension Officers across the island. Mobile phones were also distributed by FAO to extension officers and have been used to monitor the FAW distribution pattern and population through the FAMEWS mobile application.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Rural Services
Digital Social Services (Education, Health, Skills)
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Digital extension services
Digital training, literacy, E-learning
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Multi-partners
Name of supplier/developer
Department of Agriculture
Primary Users
Local authorities / government
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (limited use)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Sri Lanka
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes