Desert locusts have been ravaging East Africa. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a food crisis. The main response has been spraying the areas affected with pesticides. But more needs to be done.
Bernard Makanga's farm was invaded by desert locusts. "Normally by this time, these beans, they're ready for harvest. But the locusts have destroyed them all," he told DW. His neighbor Francis Muliungi's crop is equally devastated. "There is nothing left to harvest. And there is nothing else that I know how to do. It's just this farm. That's where I get food, where I feed my family and friends, all people," he said.
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