But now, rice farmers here have invested heavily in bird scaring. He is happy with this new place due to the availability of water, which is provided by the National Irrigation Authority. But this idea of cans, Ahero farmers say, is not effective. Additionally, irrigation farmers decry the high cost for water use to Water Resource Management Authority (Warma). In Kisumu, where the Ahero Irrigation scheme is based, farmers are saying the previous administration used to spray the bird nests.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2022 17:24 UTC