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Cotton farmers spin in misery as brokers make a killing

By MARK KAPCHANGA

From a distance, the cotton field appears to be a single patch of colour, extending to the horizon. It is only when you get closer that you notice the cotton bolls have regular and circular bore holes with some larvae feeding on them.

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