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Our crops in danger due to moth, other pests: Kapisa farmers

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MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A number of farmers in central Kapisa province claim their crops are in danger of being destroyed due to moth infestation and attack by other pests.

They say their wheat fields are plagued by plant pests and diseases and if left unchecked, people would suffer severely.

Ahmad Fawad, a farmer in Hesa-i-Duhom Kuhistan district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that more than three acres of his farm land was exposed to pests such as rubella and moths this year.

He added: “This year a kind of worm has been found and it has eaten all the . . .

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