SOLOMON IS: Giant African Snail presence worry.

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Updated September 13, 2007 16:01:52

Solomon Islands authorities fear the spread of the destructive Giant African Snail could seriously affect the country's food supplies.This follows the recent discovery of the pest by a farmer in the Fox Wood area east of Honiara.

Presenter: Sam Seke
Speakers: Francis Tsatsia, spokesman Solomon Islands Agriculture Quarantine

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