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Akabare chilli farmers in Ilam face crop failure

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A field of Akabare chilli plants with withered, brown leaves and branches indicating crop disease.
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Akabare chilli farmers in Ilam say their plants are yellowing and dying just as the main harvest begins, with some reporting that most or all of their crop is lost.

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    Commercial Akabare chilli farmers in Ilam say their plants have started dying in the middle of the main production season. Pradeep Rai, a farmer in Mangsebung Rural Municipality-6, said the plants suddenly turned yellow, branches dried up and whole plants died once the fruit began to set, according to reports by Nagarik News, Khabarhub, DC Nepal and Lokaantar.

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