Climate news wrap | Burp tax - and why a sterile moth is the secret weapon to protect fruit exports

The secret weapon to protect citrus exports from pests

A programme that relies on sterilising moths to protect fruit exports recently got a R2 million boost.

The financial support from the Western Cape government is meant to help the efforts of the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA), in collaboration with RBX Group, to ensure export crops are free of the destructive impacts of the False Codling Moth – a pest.