For paddy growers of Tang Gewog in Bumthang, rice comes only after months of exhausting battle with birds. Farmers ward off the birds with various methods. But that demands a person to remain in the fields chasing birds for months. Among the birds, the main culprits are the wild sparrows. This nuisance has in a way affected the farmers in expanding paddy cultivation.
Farmers' daily struggle against wild sparrow- Tang in BumthangFor paddy growers of Tang Gewog in Bumthang, rice comes only after months of exhausting battle with birds. Farmers ward off the birds with various methods. But that demands a person to remain in the fields chasing birds for months. Among the birds, the main culprits are the wild sparrows. This nuisance has in a way affected the farmers in expanding paddy cultivation.
Posted by BBS on Friday, October 15, 2021
Kipchu, Bumthang
