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14 Sep 2022 | SERVIR-HKH

Monsoon floods devastate commercial crops, cause loss of $1.7 bln in Sindh

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A recent by the International Centre for Integrated Mountains Development (ICIMOD) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has revealed that the recent massive torrential rains had inundated the cropland of Southeastern province of Sindh that devastated commercial crops on large scale and incurred a combined loss of $1.7 billion.

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