Pestered by coco pests, farmers’ patience to last a year more

Full recovery from coconut pest attack, says PCA, will take pruning, washing, burning, spraying fertilizer unto infected coco leaves

TANAUAN CITY, BATANGAS—EVEN before the Philippine Coconut Authority urged Batangueño farmers to selectively remove, or prune, leaves infected with the scale insect, Crisanta Matira’s had done pruning on her trees.

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