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Southern Africa: Rainy Season Brings Fears of New Locust Plague
DW, 29 October 2020
Biblical locust swarms are laying waste to southern Africa's crops. But lessons learnt from a similar plague in East Africa show that regional cooperation and early detection are… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Locusts Threaten Food Security in Southern Africa
Namibian, 8 September 2020
OUTBREAKS of locusts are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of people in the southern African region. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Locusts Pose a Food Security Threat to SADC
The Herald, 8 September 2020
Locusts are threatening to swarm again over Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia and urgent action is needed to prevent a serious outbreak of the African migratory locust, the… Read more »
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Southern Africa: What's Behind the Locust Swarms Damaging Crops in Southern Africa
The Conversation Africa, 7 October 2020
Seven million people in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been affected by a migratory locust outbreak currently ravaging crops and pastures across southern Africa.… Read more »
Hunger Fears Grow As Southern Africa Faces New Locust Plague
As farmers prepare to plant their crops ahead of the November rainy season, newly hatched locusts are lying in wait. This means the already strained humanitarian situation in the region is likely to get even worse. This year, a similar plague swept through East Africa, with swarms decimating grasslands and trees. Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and most recently Angola have already been affected. Livelihoods of those farmers and cattle herders already dealing with food shortages caused by a crippling drought, are at stake.
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Namibia's Agriculture Minister Calle Schlettwein has told the national assembly that the funds are needed for manpower, vehicles, equipment, personal protective equipment and other ... Read more »
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The Covid-19 pandemic is exposing how Southern Africa's overreliance on high-cost imported seeds and fertilisers, and a lack of state investment in climate-resilient farming, are ... Read more »
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says Kenya is just three weeks away from eliminating the desert locust menace. Eight months after the locust invasion, FAO has said only ... Read more »
Adult locusts can eat three times their own body-weight per day and travel hundreds of kilometres.
