Tanzania has culled millions of quelea birds to prevent them from destroying rice fields, using drones and planes to monitor commercial farms, the country's plants and pesticides watchdog said Wednesday.
More than five million weaver birds have been killed in Manyara Region in the ongoing exercise to clear the quelea species that have been invading paddy farms at Magugu in Babati District.
THE Philippines will likely import less rice due to high global prices and price ceilings ordered by the government, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said.
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