Beijing: China warned its 300 million farmers to prepare for further infestations of a crop-eating pest that’s devastated harvests in Africa after spreading from the Americas in 2016.
The voracious fall armyworm is likely to spread through China’s northern corn-growing areas after being detected in 13 provinces as of May 10, according to a statement published on Sunday by the country’s agricultural ministry.
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