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Kenya: Scientists Call for Drone Technology to Combat Locusts
Nation, 28 January 2020
Kenya needs advanced drone technology to contain the desert locusts devastating farms and grazing fields in different parts of the country, experts have advised. Read more »
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East Africa: Climate Change Linked to Locust Invasion
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 January 2020
Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa in the worst outbreak in a quarter of a century, says the United Nations Read more »
Drones Wanted, As Kenya's Farmers Beat Drums to Scare Locusts
Kenyan scientists are saying the government needs to get help from countries with advanced drone technology like the United States, Israel and Denmark to stop the locust invasion in East Africa. This comes after the United Nations released U.S.$19 million to help. Farmers in the eight affected counties have now adopted traditional methods to deal with the locusts.
A display of locusts in this picture taken on January 9, 2020 at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi County.
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Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of "unprecedented size and destructive potential" that could spill over into more countries in East Africa, the ... Read more »
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The desert locusts that have ravaged north eastern Kenya have made their way to Meru, Garbatulla and Merti areas in Isiolo County. According to Meru County Agriculture executive ... Read more »
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The Food and Agriculture Organization says the locust invasion is worse than had been predicted and is likely to spread to other nations in the Horn of Africa, including Kenya, ... Read more »
