Chinese Farmers Gear Up for Armyworm as Government Says Situation is Severe

A fall armyworm is attacking a maize crop in a maize field in Vihiga, Kenya on April 18, 2018. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

BEIJING —China’s agriculture ministry said on June 26 it had now found fall armyworm in 19 provinces, across 5 million mu or about 333,000 hectares of crops.

The situation around the prevention and control of the pest remained severe, the ministry added.