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Djibouti's Agriculture Minister Ali Mohamed Daoud was due in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on Monday for a meeting to discuss pest control in the region. Agriculture ministers from six other East African countries were also scheduled to attend the meeting, AFP reported on Monday. The ministers will use the two-day meeting to draw up strategies for improving the control of pests, including locusts. The ministerial meeting was preceded by a three day session of experts of the Desert Locust Control Organisation for East Africa.
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