Farmers warned of fall armyworm pest

Dubbak: Mandal agriculture officer Praveen Kumar said the fall armyworm has invaded the maize crop and farmers should spray pesticide well before. He conducted an awareness programme about the pest to the farmers, here at Raghothampalli village on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that they have been observing the impact of the pest in the mandal for the last two days. He said farmers should utilise the pesticide prescribed by the agriculture staff. Sarpanch of the village Devi Reddy, MPTC P Lakshmi Goud, convener of the farmers coordination committee Narsimhulu, AEOs Santhosh and Asma were present.