–farmers helpless to stop this devastation

CORN BIRDS have reportedly descended in their multiple thousands on the freshly sown paddy fields in the Cozier Agriculture Scheme on the Essequibo Coast in Region 2; and even the grains that have just started to germinate are in dire jeopardy from this development.Rice farmer Goberdan Polasraj said he sowed his two-acre plot with selected paddy, but within one night his entire plot was destroyed by the birds. The farmer said it is very difficult to control the birds, and he doesn’t know what next to do to save his rice plants.
Other farmers in the Cozier area are reportedly likewise affected by this plague of birds, which are being accommodated by the abundance of trees in the area. (Rajendra Prabhulall)