{"id":179665,"date":"2016-09-29T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/pests-damage-crops-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref\/"},"modified":"2016-09-29T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:04:00","slug":"pests-damage-crops-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/pests-damage-crops-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref","title":{"rendered":"Pests damage crops in Sudan\u2019s El Gedaref"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Several farmers in Sudan&rsquo;s El Gedaref state adjacent to the Ethiopian border complain that a pest referred to locally as &lsquo;American worm&rsquo; has damaged about 500 acres of sorghum in the state&rsquo;s northern areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This represents a hefty chunk of the 3,000 acres cultivated. 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