Quelea birds destroy hectares of rice farms in Kebbi Story from Shaafatu DAUDA Over 70 thousand hectares of dry season rice plantations have been attacked by Quelea birds in the Argungu local government area of Kebbi State. An affected farmer who spoke to newsmen, Malam Adamu Argungu, said rice farmers in Argungu are in a serious problem, apart from high cost of fuel and fertiliser, quela birds have taken over their farms and one has to be at the farm regularly “If not birds will eat the entire rice field”. Likewise, Garba Umar...