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Liputan6.com, Polewali Mandar: To overcome the stem borer pest, the farmers and Agricultural Department Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi on Tuesday (18 / 5), held a mass spraying. They use machines to accelerate the process of spraying pesticide pest extermination.

Head of Department of Agriculture Plant Protection Section Sulbar, Muhtar said the pest attack in the last month has been troubling residents. He hopes that this move could cut off the spread of stem borer that has destroyed hundreds of hectares of land.

Pesticides may be able to kill pests, but it is not possible to restore the damaged plant. The farmers claim the only way is to re working on their land. But the way it feels difficult because farmers can not afford to buy new seeds.

There are more than 1000 hectares of paddy crop in Sulbar a vicious pests. While in Polewali Mandar, there are more than 300 hectares of paddy were destroyed by the borer. Worst location is located in District Binuang [read: attacked Hama, land is kept Abandoned]. (WIL / Job)