date:May 25, 2020
As if the COVID-19 lockdown wasn't bad enough, crops in Nagaland are under attack from a moth larva commonly known as inchworm.
Officials of the Agriculture Department said inchworm attacks had been reported from Kohima and Zunheboto districts. The new pest followed the more familiar fall armyworm that infested 2,961.95 hectares of cropland across seven villages in Mokokchung district.
An official statement received on Tuesday night said the inchworm infestation with high population above the