HARNO Sumarto has already spent Rp10 million from his savings and the sale of his goat to replant rice in Gebang hamlet, Barepan village, Cawas subdistrict, Klaten, Central Java. This is the fourth attempt for the 55-year-old farmer after having failed three times before. Brown plant hoppers (Nilaparvata lugens) destroyed the seedlings soon after they were planted.

Harno did not just stand by and watch the insects destroy his paddies. In the pas