Farmers warned of possible crop pests and disease due to rains

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 10 JAN (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has warned farmers to be on the lookout for possible crop pest and disease outbreaks in crop-growing regions as a result of good rainfall and increasing temperature.
The ministry’s Executive Director, Percy Misika, in a media statement said pests and diseases are likely to appear in Kavango East, Kavango West, Zambezi, Kunene North, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Otjozondjupa and Omaheke.
He said for the past f ...