Govt take measures to control weaver birds
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Govt take measures to control weaver birds
THE government is finalising procedures for deployment of experts and traps to control destructive weaver birds that are destroying crops Singida, Dodoma and Manyara regions, the House heard yesterday.
Agriculture deputy minister Hussein Bashe said in the National Assembly yesterday when responding to a question from Singida West MP Elibariki Kingu (CCM). In his basic question, the lawmaker sought to know the government’s plans to eradicate the quelea quelea which have been destroying many hectares of farmers’ crops in Singida.
“Farmers in the constituency are now avoiding cultivation of sorghum, maize and sunflowers fearing of the destructive birds, so the government has to ensure us on what measures it is taking to address this challenge,” the lawmaker said.