BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri is seeking the assistance of the Department of Agriculture (DA) against armyworm infestation on Negros Island.
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri is seeking the assistance of the Department of Agriculture against armyworm infestation on Negros Island. “I will call DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to release emergency funds for Negros Occidental and other areas in Negros Island affected by the armyworm infestation,” Zubiri said in a press briefing at L’Fisher Hotel here on Wednesday, July 3.
He said that the only way to fight the infestation is providing farmers with pesticides and insecticides. But Zubiri said that pesticides and insecticides are expensive, thus, he has to ask the DA for funding. Mostly affected were corn plantations and sugarcane and banana plantations in Himamaylan City and Isabela town, respectively.
The OPA has mobilized its climate resiliency management task force and conducted a series of information drives on expected pest outbreaks after a long drought and training on pest surveillance, management, and control.
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