Locust swarm threat:Tekirdağ takes action with spraying campaign
In the Muratlı district of Tekirdağ, spraying has been initiated against the locust swarms that have started to appear in sunflower fields.
- Agencies and A News / Turkey
- Published Date: 01:06 PM 21 July 2023
- Updated Date: 01:10 PM 21 July 2023
With the increase in temperature, there has been a high density of locusts in rural areas.
After conducting inspections in the region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry sent free pesticides to the farmers. Following the provision of the pesticides, the farmers began spraying their fields.
AK Party Tekirdağ Deputy Gökhan Diktaş conducted an inspection in the areas where the spraying operations took place and met with the Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Oktay Öcal, the headman of Hanoğlu neighborhood, Turgay Güngör, and the farmers.
After the inspection, Diktaş stated that the authorities took action against the locusts upon being notified by the farmers.
He mentioned that the spraying operations have started and that they wait until evening to avoid harming bees. He also stated that they took early measures and that there are no visible material damages to their fields and sunflowers. T
He intervention was made when the locusts were just starting to appear in small numbers around the fields.