Bug infestation feared to lead to poor rice field
ILAGAN, Isabela – A black bug infestation reportedly hit hundreds of hectares of rice farms in neighboring Aurora, fearing this would significantly reduce the coastal province’s rice production amid apprehensions of continued rising of price of the country’s major staple food.
According to reports, black bugs have already spread in some parts of
Reports from
Earlier, rice black bug infestations had hit various farming areas in this province’s Dinapigue town, destroying millions of pesos worth of rice crops.
Isabela’s Dinapigue and
Observers fear that the reported ongoing infestation in
Reports of rice bug infestations came in the wake of reports of a looming rice crisis as a result of the alarming decrease of food supply in the world, partly due to global warming as well as conversion of agricultural lands into commercial estates. – Charlie Lagasca
- Latest
- Trending