Cambodian farmers deploy scarecrows to ward off coronavirus
- Date: 12-Oct-2020
- Source: Gulf Today
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Middle East
Cambodian farmers deploy scarecrows to ward off coronavirus
A man sets up a scarecrow in front of his home in Cambodia's Kampong Cham province.
Armed with a stick, a floral-shirted scarecrow with a plastic pot for a head stands guard in front of a rural Cambodian home -- a sentry erected by superstitious farmers to ward off the coronavirus.
Known as "Ting Mong" in Khmer, the creatively rendered scarecrows often pop up in villages that have been hard-hit by infectious diseases like dengue or water-borne