Locust Attack Destroying Crops in Several Countries

Recently, major locust attacks have been observed in several countries in western and southern Asia and in eastern Africa. Pakistan and Somalia have declared locust emergencies.

Countries Affected by the Global Crisis

• The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has currently identified three hotspots of threatening locust activity, where the situation has been called “extremely alarming” — the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea area, and southwest Asia.
• The Horn of Africa:Locust swarms from Ethiopia and Somalia have travelled south to Kenya and 14 other countries in the continent. Ethiopia’s Rift Valley has also been hit by the ....