{"id":50838,"date":"2025-01-07T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/drought-affects-crops"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:53:51","slug":"drought-affects-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/drought-affects-crops","title":{"rendered":"DROUGHT AFFECTS CROPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Even though it\u2019s too soon to anticipate summer cropping yield, the drought that was experienced in November and December last year has affected most crops.<\/p>\n<p>This was said by one of the block farmers who is also Basotho Agricultural Machinery Association Central Region Chairperson, Mr. Motlohi Sekoala in an interview with the Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sekoala said herbicides did not serve their purpose effectively due to drought as they work effectively on moist soil thus some crops were affected by weeds<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Even though it\u2019s too soon to anticipate summer cropping yield, the drought that was experienced in November and December last year has affected most crops. 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