Farmer body reports damage to cotton due to pest attack
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Farmer body reports damage to cotton due to pest attack
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Rohtak: The office-bearers of Kisan Sabha on Monday visited the cotton fields in different parts of Haryana to assess the damage to crop due to whitefly attack. Kisan Sabha treasurer Krishna Prasad accompanied by joint secretary Vijoo Krishnan went to the fields at Gudhan village and adjoining cotton-growing areas before moving to Bhiwani, Hisar and other districts. Sumit Kumar, Kisan Sabha’s Haryana acting general secretary, said there was massive loss to the crop due to the pest attack in all cotton-growing districts of the state. Sabha vice-president Inderjit Singh said the whitefly infestation has ruined the crop at a time when farmers had already made a huge investment in the form of seed, fertilizers, pesticides, labour component etc and the crop was expected to be matured very soon. He expressed deep anguish that the state government has not bothered even to acknowledge the damage to the main Kharif crop.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-09-08
Coverage
Chandigarh