36,000 hectares of rice attacked by brown backed rice plant hoppers
36,000 hectares of the winter-spring rice are currently 'attacked' by brown backed rice plant hoppers, accounting for 81% of the area of the winter-spring rice in the southern provinces.
Bantul Agriculture and Forestry Office chief Edy Suharyanta estimates that rice production in the area will drop by 30 percent this year as many rice fields have been flooded.