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Crops are developing satisfactorily. Following widespread and regular rains in July, almost all the villages have now done their plantings. Cumulative rainfall as of late July is above average in southern Diffa, Dosso, Tillabery and Zinder departments. However, precipitation decreased in early August. Millet and sorghum are generally tillering. They are emerging in the east, in Diffa and Zinder departments, where they were planted later. Floods from heavy rains in mid-July were reported in Dosso department, notably in Boboye area, in Maradi department in the centre, as well as in Fillingué arrondissement in the west. Several millet and sorghum fields have been affected.
Infestations of grasshoppers are reported in various areas, notably in Diffa department where about 2000 hectares have been treated. The scattered Desert Locusts populations previously reported in the Aïr mountains may have bred in areas where rainfall occurred in June and July. Low numbers of adults may appear.
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