QUEZON CITY, July 11 — The Department of Agriculture (DA) provided P150-million worth of assistance to help farmers control fall armyworm (FAW) that damage their crops.
QUEZON CITY, July 11 — The Department of Agriculture (DA) provided P150-million worth of assistance to help farmers control fall armyworm (FAW) that damage their crops.
We are deploying crop experts and procuring needed crop protection chemicals and biocontrol agents to effectively manage, control and contain fall armyworm that has to date infested 8,000 hectares planted to corn nationwide, said Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
The FAW was first reported in June 2019, in Piat, Cagayan, affecting corn plants. Now, it has spread as far as Mindanao.
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