Maharashtra's cotton farmers again rattled by pink bollworm attack

Findings of a survey done by the Cotton Association of India’s (CAI’s) director Manish Daga suggest that even this kharif season, pink bollworm attack has been witnessed in the last 15 days. This is giving sleepless nights to the state’s farmers.    

It will potentially cause further damage and follow up measures by the state government are likely to result in a sharp drop in this year’s crop. Last year’s damage to the crop due to pink bollworm attack is yet to be considered legitimate by the Centre for paying damages to the farmers.

The pink bollworm has been damaging Maharashtra’s cotton