Locusts
AFRICA: Quelea - Africa's most hated bird
Source: IRIN
For thousands of years, subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have been at the mercy of the voracious Red-billed Quelea bird; sky-blackening flocks of the tiny "feathered locust" still decimate fields across the continent.
Source: IRIN
For thousands of years, subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have been at the mercy of the voracious Red-billed Quelea bird; sky-blackening flocks of the tiny "feathered locust" still decimate fields across the continent.
Fungal pesticide saves crops from locusts
Source: SciDev.Net
[DAR ES SALAAM] Crops in East and Southern Africa have been saved from devastation by the first large-scale use of a biopesticide made of fungal spores. Locust swarms lay waste to crops, with just ...
Source: SciDev.Net
[DAR ES SALAAM] Crops in East and Southern Africa have been saved from devastation by the first large-scale use of a biopesticide made of fungal spores. Locust swarms lay waste to crops, with just ...
ETHIOPIA: Locust threat in northwest
Source: IRIN
Locust swarms have migrated from northwestern Somalia and spread to seven regions of Ethiopia, but have so far caused minimal damage to crops, an official has said.
Source: IRIN
Locust swarms have migrated from northwestern Somalia and spread to seven regions of Ethiopia, but have so far caused minimal damage to crops, an official has said.
Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa
Source: Famine Early Warning Systems Network
Several swarms of desert locusts are now present in localized areas of Somalia, northern Kenya, and Ethiopia's Somali Region. The locusts have the potential to damage agropastoral crops in these ...
Source: Famine Early Warning Systems Network
Several swarms of desert locusts are now present in localized areas of Somalia, northern Kenya, and Ethiopia's Somali Region. The locusts have the potential to damage agropastoral crops in these ...
WFP monthly update on countries threatened by natural hazards
Source: AlertNet
This monthly bulletin is produced by WFP's Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit to highlight current and potential natural hazards, which may trigger or accelerate the development of humanitarian ...
Source: AlertNet
This monthly bulletin is produced by WFP's Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit to highlight current and potential natural hazards, which may trigger or accelerate the development of humanitarian ...
