AN operation to control an infestation of quelea birds in southern Ethiopia has been launched by the Ministry of Agriculture. With a spray aircraft and support team provided by the Desert Locust Control Organisation (DLCO) and pesticide donated by the government of Japan, control operations in Konso and Derashie have so far destroyed 5,1-million birds. July. Large flocks of the birds can rapidly destroy fields of sorghum, wheat and millet. – Misanet
–> Monday July 16, 2001