Philippines: Iloilo tightens biosecurity rules to contain sugarcane pest outbreak
The provincial government of Iloilo in the Philippines has introduced stricter quarantine and biosecurity measures to contain the spread of the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), which has affected thousands of sugarcane farmers and caused substantial crop losses, Daily Guardian reported. Under Executive Order No. 143, signed by Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. on October 16, […] ChiniMandi
Read the full report on Chinimandi
Story file
- Section
- India
- Topics
- Farmers & agriculture, Health alerts
- First reported by
- Chinimandi
- Reporter
- chinimandi
- Published
- Monday, 19 October 2026, 1:18 pm IST
- Coverage
- One outlet so far
How this page works. The Headline Update lists this report from Chinimandi with a short summary and a link to the original. The original reporting and photograph belong to the publisher. Spotted an error in our summary? Tell our corrections desk.
