ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Office of the City Agriculturist (OCA) has launched a massive information campaign on the management of fall armyworm (FAW) or Spodoptera frugiperda, an invasive species which causes significant damage to crops, mostly corn.
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Office of the City Agriculturist (OCA) has launched a massive information campaign on the management of fall armyworm (FAW) or Spodoptera frugiperda, an invasive species which causes significant damage to crops, mostly corn.
The OCA is also on alert and instituting measures to protect this city’s agricultural resources from the invasion of FAW.
City agriculturist Carmencita Sanchez said Saturday FAW wave been sighted in the barangays of Sangali, Manicahan, Ayala, Tagasilay, Zambowood, and Curuan in the east coast and Ayala in the west coast.
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