Radio Taiwan International
Date: 11 June, 2019
By: John Van Trieste
The fall armyworm is a tiny creature that causes tremendous damage. These pests damage 353 types of plants, among them important crops like corn, rice, and cotton. They spread at a prodigious pace too. They only arrived in Asia last year but can already be found across large swathes of the continent.
And now, officials have confirmed, they are in Taiwan. [FULL STORY]