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Control of pests:mosquitoes,rodents, birds, squirrels , porcupines and tsetse flies

Answer Text:
Control of Pests
1.Mosquitoes
(a) Fumigation
(b) Draining of stagnant water
(c) Spraying
(d) Clearing of bushes near settlements.
2.Rodents, birds, squirrels and porcupines
(a) trapping
(b) poisoning
(c) hunting
(d) Scaring away
3.Tsetse flies
- They thrive in damp areas with high temperatures and prefer bushy vegetation as breeding grounds.
- Examples of tsetse fly infested areas are Lambwe valley in Kenya and Miombo woodland in Tanzania.
- The control of tsetse fly at Miombo woodland was done by The International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE).