"The important thing is to respond quickly if there's likely to be a big locust upsurge, before it causes a major crop loss. Huge swarms can lead to really desperate situations where people could ...

Study senior author Professor Chris Gilligan said: “The important thing is to respond quickly if there’s likely to be a big locust upsurge before it causes a major crop loss. "Huge swarms can ...

Argentina and Brazil are among the world’s largest soy and corn exporters ... grain exchange said they were less worried by the locust swarm than issues of dry weather impacting crops.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR) said that a recent desert locust survey and control ...

The UN says the swarms are the largest in Somalia and Ethiopia in 25 years. Meanwhile, neighbouring Kenya has not seen a locust threat as severe in 70 years, according to the UN Food and ...

A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has found that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity of locust swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect ...