A millet farm was divided into five treatment plots of three replicates. The population of the grasshoppers was assessed by flushing and the percentage leaf damage on the millet was estimated by visual grading of the defoliated area. Weeding discouraged oviposition and reduced the vegetative shelter and the population of the grasshoppers. The unweeded plots had high levels of defoliation and low grain yield of millet relative to the weeded plots. Oedaleus spp were the most numerous grasshoppers and probably caused the greatest damage on pearl millet. The common weeds on the farm were Brachiaria xantholeuca, Cenchrus biflorus, Ipomoea vagans and Mitracarpus scaber.
