Business Daily | by Gerald Andae
A shortage of funds for paying pilots, fuel and maintenance of 28 planes risks derailing the fight against locusts in East Africa, a United Nations agency has warned.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that without additional financing for fuel, airtime, and pilot hours, the 28 anti-locust aircraft which are now patrolling the skies to spot and spray locust swarms could cease operations in March…
