TASK FORCE ON FAW. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (2nd from left) meets with Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino (left) and personnel of the Office of Provincial Agriculturist at the Capitol on Monday (Sept. 30, 2019), after he issued an executive order forming the Provincial Coordinating Task Force on Fall Armyworm (FAW). The Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas is verifying a suspected FAW case in Barangay La Granja, La Carlota City. (Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental)
TASK FORCE ON FAW. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (2nd from left) meets with Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino (left) and personnel of the Office of Provincial Agriculturist at the Capitol on Monday (Sept. 30, 2019), after he issued an executive order forming the Provincial Coordinating Task Force on Fall Armyworm (FAW). The Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas is verifying a suspected FAW case in Barangay La Granja, La Carlota City. (Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental)
BACOLOD CITY Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has formed the Provincial Coordinating Task Force on Fall Armyworm (FAW) to protect crops in the province from possible infestation.
There is a critical need to create a provincial coordinating task force to ensure preparedness and to strengthen pest surveillance and management activities, Lacson said in Executive Order 19-42 issued on Monday.
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