Grasshoppers ruin C. Kalimantan rice

Grasshoppers ruin C. Kalimantan rice

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: Almost one thousand
hectares of rice fields in the Kotawaringin Barat area here have
been destroyed by grasshoppers in the last three weeks.

Local officials were quoted as saying by Antara news agency on
Friday that about 933 hectares of rice fields in the area had
been destroyed since late January.

Officials said swarms of grasshoppers were first detected in
September, however the most serious damage only occurred in the
past few weeks.

The worst hit areas were Kotawaringin Lama, Balai Riam,
Lamandau and Delang.