1.   Farm consultants can look at aerial images and see signs of pest damage, then apply pesticides where they are needed.

2.   Think of it as insurance against pest damage.

3.   Though pest damage can result in little or no edible fruit, actually only a few pests cause most of the damage.

4.   Improved security in the southern part of the country, sufficient rains and relatively little pest damage favored agricultural production, the agencies reported.