Luau - Over 100 hectares of rice and maize crops have been devoured by hippos in the municipality of Luau, eatern Moxico province, from January to date.
According to the head of the municipal office of Agriculture in Luau, Cahilo Chijica, the large and small animals, as well as consuming fish along the Cassai river, have been devouring and feeding on rice, maize and other crops from farms located in that confluence.
He informed that the solution to the problem will be to transfer the farmers, from the locality of Hota northeast of Luau, to other fertile areas and abundant in water.
