About 96,271 hectares of pastures and crops were damaged by locusts in Kyrgyzstan. The Department of Plant Chemicalization and Quarantine of the Ministry of Agriculture informed 24-kg.com news agency.
According to its data, 119,561 hectares were inspected in the republic. It turned out that the pests were seen in all regions, except for Issyk-Kul. Most of all insects were in Naryn region: locusts occupied 21,733 hectares of fields and pastures there.
Up to date, the Ministry of Agriculture employees have treated 94,201 hectares of land with chemicals.
