Fao: Locust crisis calm in East Africa as fight intensified



Nation | by Xinhua


Nairobi

Intensified control operations and limited breeding of desert locusts in East Africa have calmed the locust crisis in the region, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (Fao) said in its latest update on Thursday.

Fao noted that control operations have been intensified in Ethiopia and Kenya against swarms that are still immature.

“Good progress has been achieved, particularly in Kenya where swarms are no longer arriving from the north,” said the UN agency…

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