AIBAK (Pajhwok): In response to grower concerns, a campaign for the eradication of locusts attacking crops has kicked off in northern Samangan province, an official said on Saturday.
Gulabuddin Ghayasi, plant protection manager at the agriculture and livestock department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the campaign had been launched in all parts of the province that were under threat from locusts.
He said around 15,000 hectares of farmland possibly infected by locusts would be sprayed with insecticide. Ghayasi said 5,000 litres of insecticide procured by the . . .
