Bakin Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) in light of the current African locust swarms.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust So interesting. I really knew nothing about them. Madness! Cant they just fly a plane to suck them all up and use them for food?? Like a plane sucking up locusts and grind em for protein plane? haha Edited February 15, 2020 by Bakin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buffalo_Gal Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Some info (apparently this has been going on for close to a month!) The reason is.... climate change. Locust swarm: UN warns of food crisis in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia The East African region could be on the verge of a food crisis if huge swarms of locusts devouring crops and pasture are not brought under control, a top UN official has told the BBC. A massive food assistance may be required, Dominique Burgeon, director of emergencies for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said. Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are affected. Efforts to control the infestation have so far not been effective. Aerial spraying of pesticides is the most effective way of fighting the swarms but countries in the region do not have the right resources. There are fears that the locusts - already in the hundreds of billions - will multiply further. The FAO says the insects are breeding so fast that numbers could grow 500 times by June. </snip> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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