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4000 hectares of maize field under attack in Balaka [1]

Over 4000 hectares of maize field has been affected by fall army worms in Balaka with 39 percent of the crop heavily damaged, the District’s Agriculture Development Office (DADO) has disclosed.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
Malawi News Agency (MANA) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Crop Pests [4], Malawi [5], Maize [6], Food Security [7], Africa [8]
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