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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.
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.
May 26, 2020 · India under worst locust attack in 27 years: Why you should be concerned. Locusts eat food, food that farmers grow for humans. Locust swarms devastate crops and cause major agricultural damage, which can lead to famine and starvation. Listen to Story.
Jun 2, 2020 · Alongside a global pandemic, India prepares to fight yet another battle for food security. Unlike the micron-sized virus, however, the new threat is millimeters in size but millions in number: the desert locust.
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.
Feb 6, 2020 · The United Nations’ response to locust attack control is multi-agency in nature. While the immediate sector at risk is food security, climate change plays an exacerbating role.
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...
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...
Jun 27, 2020 · Parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, have been placed on alert after a swarm of locusts invaded a suburban area. Correspondents say it is the first time the suburb city of Gurgaon (Gurugram) has...
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...
