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Fall armyworm invades crops across Asia, smallholders worst hit

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BAN NONG TOR, THAILAND/SINGAPORE Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn’t stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.

BAN NONG TOR, THAILAND/SINGAPORE Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn’t stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.

All the 8 rai (1.28 hectare) I planted were all heavily infested, said the 42-year-old from his farm in Ban Nong Tor town in Pak Chong district, 180 km (120 miles) northeast of the capital Bangkok.

The worm ate the whole field in three days, leaving so much damage that it wasn’t worth saving.

 

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