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Jun 26, 2020 · Locust outbreak could leave nearly 5 million people in Africa facing starvation. The crisis comes on top of food insecurity already exacerbated by COVID-19. A locust swarm can contain as many as 80 million adults. A swarm can consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people. A second crisis is ravaging an area of Africa that’s ...
Nov 11, 2015 · At best, these local measures will prevent locusts from reaching a particular area, but can do little to halt the progress of the swarm. Currently, the most commonly used control is insecticide. Sprayed from land or aerial vehicles, whole swarms can be targeted in relatively short periods of time.
Feb 12, 2020 · Researchers are increasingly looking to technology to help provide early warning signs and control locust outbreaks amid fears climate change could bring more cyclones. Officials in Kenya say drones could play an important role given the limited number of aircraft. "Every county wants an aircraft, but we have only have five at the moment and ...
Dec 21, 2020 · A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa - deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million people are already hungry, the United Nations warned. From January to August, massive desert locust swarms swept across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, ravaging crops and ...
Jan 30, 2020 · A farmers’ association in Kenya’s northern Laikipia area said it was planning aerial spraying of pesticides to combat the worst locust plague since 1954. The FAO estimated one swarm in Kenya to be 40 km wide by 60 km long (25 by 40 miles). “These things are in their millions and will eat all the vegetation here.
Jul 2, 2020 · Image: REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC219F9GZZX8. 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 ...
Mar 4, 2021 · Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the hopeless” whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by the insects. Unusual weather patterns exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surging locust numbers ...
Jul 21, 2020 · Coronavirus has cippled Nepal's economy. Now their crops are under attack. Nepal's economy, like many others has been damaged by COVID-19. Now, as citizens who can no longer find work are forced to support their family through farming, pests are damaging their crop yield. The region has seen two swarms of locusts, with another one on the way ...
Apr 6, 2020 · COVID-19: top four science stories of the week. 1. Progress on child malnutrition is slow. Malnutrition takes different forms, including stunting, wasting and being overweight. Image: Twitter. Hundreds of millions of young children are still malnourished, according to UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank Group, who ...
Dec 9, 2021 · Their main worries are explained below. As climate change takes a heavy toll on Africa, about two-thirds of the continent's young people are pushing for bolder policy action or trying to reduce their own carbon footprint, a new survey has found. From locust infestations in the east to devastating droughts in the south, the impacts of climate ...
