2020年6月26日 · Locust outbreak could leave nearly 5 million people in Africa facing starvation. The crisis comes on top of food insecurity already exacerbated by COVID-19. A locust swarm can contain as many as 80 million adults. A swarm can consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people.

2015年11月11日 · This idea might be harnessed as a swarm-management strategy, using low-flying planes to create atmospheric disturbance to disrupt locusts. The huge size of swarms, however, make this method impractical, too. A typical locust swarm can cover several hundred square kilometers.

2020年7月2日 · India, battling its worst desert locust outbreak for decades, pressed into service 12 drones to track the movement of locusts and spray insecticides on the swarms. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has amended rules to allow state government officials to use drones at night, a step that experts have said may help neutralise the locusts.

2020年12月21日 · A new swarm is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers across eastern Africa. These swarms are exacerbating food insecurity for already vulnerable families. A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa - deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million ...

2020年1月30日 · Kenyan media showed police shooting bullets and teargas at an oncoming swarm as residents banged on buckets and hooted car horns to try to frighten the insects. A farmers’ association in Kenya’s northern Laikipia area said it was planning aerial spraying of pesticides to combat the worst locust plague since 1954.

2020年2月12日 · The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people, says the FAO. Can drones work? Climate scientists say global warming may be behind the current infestations , which have also hit parts of Iran, India and Pakistan.

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