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- Locusts are putting 5 million people at risk of starvation – and that’s . . .
Now locusts are destroying crops that could have been a lifeline A square-kilometre swarm can consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan are among the worst-hit countries and the outbreak threatens to spread wider, the IRC says
- How can we control locust swarms? | World Economic Forum
Locusts can fly up to two kilometres in the air and have even been reported to travel over whole oceans It can comprise tens of millions of locusts, each eating their own weight in food every day However, we hope that by conducting further research we might find better ways to break up swarms using similar methods
- Vast swarms of locusts are robbing Africans of their food and livelihood
The locusts devoured Ibrahim’s small grazing plot as his donkeys brayed anxiously and goats scrambled to eat the remaining foliage Scenes like this are happening across the Horn of Africa, where swarms of desert locusts have damaged tens of thousands of hectares so far, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said
- Fresh waves of locusts threaten to decimate farms across eastern Africa
Locusts keep growing day and night and risks are exacerbating food insecurity for vulnerable families across the affected region " Locust swarms are already forming in Somalia and Ethiopia and threaten to re-invade northern Kenya, while breeding is also underway on both sides of the Red Sea, posing a new threat to Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
- India to use helicopter and drones to stop swarm of locusts | World . . .
India has been using drones and helicopters to spray insecticides, in a bid to protect their crops from a swarm of locusts The decision was made after swarms invaded Gurugram, a satellite city of the capital New Delhi Farmers have also been warned of a new wave of locusts coming across the Indian Ocean from Somalia
- What effect to insects and pests have on crop production? | World . . .
Locusts are putting 5 million people at risk of starvation – and that’s without COVID-19 "The impact of climate change is one of the greatest challenges the plant health community is facing," Qu Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, said after releasing a study covering 15 invasive pests and diseases
- 10 of this year’s best pictures on the environment
Huge swarms of desert locusts raised fears about food security during East Africa’s growing season this year Adult desert locusts can eat their own bodyweight in vegetation every day A woman from the Turkana tribe walks through a swarm of desert locusts at the village of Lorengippi near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya, July 2, 2020
- What worries Africas young people about climate change? | World . . .
More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they were concerned that climate change would lead to an increase in infestation and crop destruction from insects such as locusts, with most worry in Ethiopia (91%), Malawi (91%) and Kenya (88%)
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