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26 de jun. de 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 ...
11 de nov. de 2015 · Despite these efforts, West Africa faced one of its largest locust outbreaks in 2003-2005. Cold, dry conditions in the winter finally allowed control agencies to halt the outbreak at a cost of around $400 million and harvest losses calculated at more than five times that amount. Controlling locust swarms is no easy task.
12 de feb. de 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 ...
30 de ene. de 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.
21 de dic. de 2020 · Locust swarms are already forming in Somalia and Ethiopia and threaten to re-invade northern Kenya, while breeding is also underway on both sides of the Red Sea, posing a new threat to Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, said the FAO. Habib Mahmud, an environmental activist in Galkayo town in Somalia's semi-autonomous northern region of ...
4 de mar. de 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 ...
2 de jul. de 2020 · India, battling its worst desert locust outbreak for decades, pressed into service 12 drones to track the movement of locusts and spray insecticides on the swarms. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has amended rules to allow state government officials to use drones at night, a step that experts have said may help neutralise the locusts.
6 de abr. de 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 ...
21 de jul. de 2020 · 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 plus a large number of armyworm.
15 de oct. de 2021 · Image: Unsplash/Mark König. The secular growth of services has been a significant drag on aggregate productivity growth – but the shock of COVID has raised hopes for reversing that. Raising service sector productivity growth could unleash enormous potential, but the hurdles remain significant – more modest expectations should be maintained.
