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Sri Lanka: Drone technology to be used to control spreading of 'Sena' Caterpillar
By Ishara Mudugamuwa
The Agriculture Ministry has decided to use drone technology for the spraying of insecticides to control the spreading of the crop-destroying caterpillar known as “Sena” (Fall Armyworm).
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The Agriculture Ministry has already taken a number of measures to prevent the spreading of the Sena caterpillar. The Ministry introduced four insecticides and also appointed a task-force to work on this mitigation. The government has already granted a 50 percent subsidy for those insecticides.
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