Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

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

This created a perfect breeding condition for the locust, says Keith Cressman, senior locust forecasting officer at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "We know that cyclones are the ...

Watch the full episode here. Locusts have huge appetites. One of these insects can eat its own weight in food in a single day. And they're devastating crops in East Africa, where millions of ...

The government is racing against time to contain the locust menace, which the UN describes as Kenya's worst in 70 years. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the locust population is ...

Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something—like intense rainfall—triggers them to swarm in vast numbers, often with devastating consequences. This migratory pest can reach ...

FOR the past three years an organised effort has been made by the Governments of the South African colonies to destroy the swarms of locusts that from time to time invade the cultivated districts ...

[Christopher Kipsang, Standard] A new wave of locust swarms is spreading in West Pokot County which could precipitate a food crisis. The pests have ravaged acres of maize and beans in Pokot North ...

The local communities needed immediate assistance to control these locust invasions and ensure local food chains did not collapse completely. What was becoming apparent to me is that the climate ...

Desert locusts pose a serious threat to food security in the region, and the hope is that the aerial tech will provide an advantage in the fight against the insects. The second round of tests will ...