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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 31, 2020, desert locusts swarm over a tree in Kipsing, near Oldonyiro, in Isiolo county, Kenya. Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts ...

New swarms of locusts in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are spreading further in the eastern Africa region, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. According to FAO, the ...

Swarms of desert locusts have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak havoc on their crops and pasture in previous years. Locust swarms first soared ...

Locust hotspots could soon expand due to rising temperatures. Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to ...

Henri Tonnang International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe). Receives funding from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development ...

Aid agencies report swarms of locusts have been descending on farms in northern Kenya, destroying crops and even leaving pastures bare of vegetation. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization in a ...

A study, led by the first winner of the inaugural Carol Ellison Science Award 2021, has determined the optimum height for a drone to fly and target desert locusts with biopesticides in order for it be ...

Illustration of the experimental layout of spray cards for establishing optimum droplet density by spraying at different heights using an Agras T20 drone fitted with a Micronair 12 ultra-low volume ...