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Scout for quelea birds now: Government tells farmers

Following the success of the 2024 winter wheat season, which yielded a bumper harvest of 500 000 tonnes, the government aims to increase production to an ambitious 600 000 tonnes.

BY RUTENDO NGARA THE government has advised farmers to start scouting for quelea birds on a regular basis now that their breeding season is over in order to achieve the 2023/24 set target of 400 000 metric tonnes of wheat. This comes as the government has procured nine drones to control quelea birds. Speaking to…

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