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A MINISTRY of Agriculture plant importation programme that was expected to boost avocado production here appears to have gone horribly wrong, instead introducing an invasive species of tree borer.

A MINISTRY of Agriculture plant importation programme that was expected to boost avocado production here appears to have gone horribly wrong, instead introducing an invasive species of tree borer.


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