The Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Antoine Ravo, has urged donors to provide more assistance to help Vanuatu combat and eradicate Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB)
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea—The Papua New Guinea Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle task force team have agreed to set up pilot coconut palm demonstration sites to test out best control measures
A Member of Parliament (MP) for Malekula, Marcellino Barthelemy, has voiced his fears over the potential further spread of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) in Parliament yesterday.
Coconut palms seen slowly recovering from the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) feeding gives hope that there is a chance to revisit the Coconut Replanting Program on Efate.
The County of Maui Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Working Group, in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and the multi-agency Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response team, will hold free training sessions Tuesday, Jan. 16, and Wednesday, Jan. 17, to equip attendees with information to identify, report and treat infestations of CRB.