El Niño winds are sweeping invasive pests like the Brown Planthopper, Fall Armyworm, and Asian Rice Gall Midge from Southeast Asia into China’s rice fields, slashing yields and threatening food security.
What do you think?
“Come for the shifting climate, stay for the monoculture.”
“The rice crop matched projections exactly—239,412 metric tons—and our mechanized harvesters started on 1 October. Also right on schedule. It’s just that the Brown Planthopper finished its harvest on 30 September.”
“Too many insects, huh? Maybe those sparrows were good for something after all.”
Weevil, 88 days
Unemployed
Gao Chenghao, 55
Fourth Undersecretary to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Liu Zemin, 56
Candle Snuffer
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