KATITIKA, Kenya (AP) — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious ...
UK Government package to help control millions of locusts attacking crops across East Africa, Yemen and South West Asia by spraying, monitoring and surveillance. British High Commission Nairobi New UK ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United States has released $8 million in support for regional operations to control desert locusts in East Africa, USAID has announced, with the funding expected to help in ...
The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, authorities say.
A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia. Desert locusts typically lead ...
Q&A with Cyril Ferrand, Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Resilience Team Leader for East Africa Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) How is the Desert Locust campaign in East ...
A locust outbreak in North Africa risks endangering the livelihoods of already hard-pressed farmers in the region. In recent weeks, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a UN agency, ...
A new early warning tool developed by British scientists will help control devastating locust swarms. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something - such as an intense rainstorm - ...