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May 25, 2020 · The desert locust attack has wiped out crops spread over 5,00,000 hectares in Rajasthan. The state has been battling with the locust menace for over three months now. In Western Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner and Barmer districts, large groups of pink swarming locusts destroyed lush green fields laden with Rabi crops this year.
Locust swarms had infested 23 countries by April 2020. East Africa was the epicenter of the locust crisis—with Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda among the affected countries. However, the locusts had traveled far, wiping out crops in Pakistan and damaging farms in Yemen, a fragile country already hit hard by years of conflict. Africa.
Jan 20, 2020 · Explained: What are locust attacks, and how does India tackle them? Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers that multiply in numbers as they migrate long distances in destructive swarms. Only four species of locusts are found in India: Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), Bombay Locust ...
Jun 27, 2020 · India combats locust attack amid Covid-19 pandemic. Parts of Delhi are placed on alert and residents are forced to close windows and doors.
May 26, 2020 · An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have...
May 29, 2020 · Over the last few days, swarms of desert locust have reached urban areas of Rajasthan, and parts of MP and Maharashtra. A look at how they arrived, the seriousness of the problem, and ways to solve it. Written by Parthasarathi Biswas. Pune | Updated: May 29, 2020 14:48 IST.
Apr 27, 2020 · Locusts do not attack people or animals. Q. Where is the current Locust outbreak? A. Swarms of desert locusts are threatening large areas of pastures and crops, overwhelming countries in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Dec 16, 2020 · New swarms of desert locusts are threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite a year of control efforts, the United Nations has warned. The UN...
Feb 6, 2020 · In what is being called the worst outbreak the region has seen in decades, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warns that rising numbers of desert locusts present an extremely alarming threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.
Mar 24, 2021 · A locust plague hit East Africa. The pesticide solution may have dire consequences. Heavy use of a broad-spectrum pesticide seems to have slowed the desert locust invasion. What the repercussions...
