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Twin pest attacks pose a swarm of trouble for farmers already hit by Covid

Twin pest attacks pose a swarm of trouble for farmers already hit by Covid

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“This kharif season is a complete washout,” declares Vijay Kishan, a farmer of Kudi village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The continuous onslaught of desert locusts swarms over the past few weeks has ravaged his early-stage bajra crop planted over 25 bighas (about 15 acres). The pesky invaders from Iran and Balochistan have also seriously damaged his moong and guar fields.

Kishan…

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Attack by locust army will continue till July: FAO official

Attack by locust army will continue till July: FAO official

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Locust invasions will continue in India till July and the pesky insects can reach all the way up to Odisha and Bihar with the monsoon winds and will return to Rajasthan subsequently, according to a top UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) official. However, he said, the swarms are less likely to reach South India, Nepal and Bangladesh

“Spring-bred immature adult groups and swarms…

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Please enjoy as you scroll over the pictures. Belwang / Ferwang; a marvel community locked within hills and mountains wedded with peaceful rivers and falls. Its precisely engineered Rice Farm Terraces is akin to the ingenious Ifugao Rice Terraces marked by UNESCO as one of the 8 wonders of the world. Fortified by dogmas of Indigenous Knowledge, Systems, and Practices, yBelwangs reverence to the Heavenly Deities prohibit the involvement of chemical as their rice farming input that profit them a fertile and uncontaminated soil; It is a way of life where money is not a priority. Tokpar, saliket, waray, tepa, and vutilaw are names of Belwangs’ heirloom rice generally called ‘pagey’. Sowing period began on the month of March and April and the ripping period starts on the third quarter of the year.