date:Aug 15, 2018
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In Asia, where small-scale farmers cultivate about 80 percent of the region's farmlands, rice and maize are amongst the most produced and consumed cereals. Over 200 million hectares of maize and rice are cultivated annually in Asia. China is the second-largest maize-producing country in the world, and over 90 percent of the world's rice is produced and consumed in the Asia-Pacific region.
Native to the Americas, Fall Armyworm has already spread across Africa where it was first detected in ear