While drought-like conditions have started prevailing in certain districts of Chhattisgarh, the farmers in three districts of the State are now faced with the problem of crops being attacked by pests.
Paddy crop in Gariaband and Maize in Koriya and Balrampur districts have been badly affected after being attacked by pests.
This information was provided by Agriculture Department officials at the State-level Monitoring and Advisory Committee on control pests and crops’ diseases met at the Directorate of Agriculture here on Tuesday.
The Crops’ Protection Department officers, Divisional Joint Directors of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (IGAU) Raipur guided extension officers and Experts on weather were present at the meeting.The Agriculture Department officers gave a detailed presentation of the rainfall and the crop situation in their regions.