Kenya turns to digital technology to fight desert locusts

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Nation | by Geoffrey Ondieki


Kenya has turned to using mobile technology to track and report desert locusts which are still ravaging some parts of the country.

The state, in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) and other partners, has deployed a multi-pronged approach to wipe out the pests.

Disaster response teams and experts from both the Ministry of Agriculture, Fao, and the public are at the centre of the battle to defeat the voracious pest…

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