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BAITADI: Farmers in Baitadi are increasingly concerned as an outbreak of American armyworm has begun damaging corn, the district’s main food crop. According to Haridatta Joshi, head of the Agricultural Knowledge Center, the infestation has been reported in Dogadakedar and Shivnath rural municipalities. “We’ve received several complaints about pest attacks on corn crops,” Joshi said, […]

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