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Etunda project now battling more aggressive commando worms

Etunda project now battling more aggressive commando worms

Written by Mathias Nanghanda on 17 February 2017.

ETUNDA, 17 FEB (NAMPA) – The maize plantation at the Etunda Green Scheme Irrigation Project in the Omusati Region has now been attacked by commando worms, Project Manager Albertus Viljoen has said.
Speaking to Nampa at the project on Wednesday, Viljoen said they have been battling with the problem of commando worms since Friday last week.
He pointed out that the project experienced an outbreak of American bollworms since November last year, and the commando worms attack emerged just as the bollworms problem ...