Farmers in Giza district express concern – Roya News English

  • Date: 20-Apr-2021
  • Source: Roya News
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Jordan
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Farmers in Giza district express concern – Roya News English

Monday, a number of farmers in the Giza District complained about huge swarms of locusts that entered their agricultural fields, saying they are extremely difficult to control. According to these farmers, locusts in large numbers started appearing Monday evening.

One farmer Awad al-Salaita told the Jordan News Agency Petra that locusts began to spread in his farm which pose a threat to the crop, especially since it is the beginning of the season. He called on the Ministry of Agriculture to intervene immediately and to save their crops.

Another farmer Ahmed al-Shyoukhi said locusts arrived in the Khuraim area in very large numbers, and the Ministry of Agriculture was immediately addressed but their intervention was limited.

In turn, the Director of Agriculture in Giza Adnan Al-Khaldi said they want to work alongside farmers by spraying their crops and distributing pesticides for farmers to spray their fields.

Khaldi added that they cannot spray pesticide by aircraft because that poses a threat to crops, indicating that an aircraft can only be used in empty desert areas.