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.

2020年1月30日 · 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. The FAO estimated one swarm in Kenya to be 40 km wide by 60 km long (25 by 40 miles).

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.

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 ...

2021年3月4日 · Start-up The Bug Picture is providing an innovative solution to Kenya's locust plague, helping local communities harvest the insects and profit from them. Inspired by a project in Pakistan, a start-up called The Bug Picture is helping African communities harvest, mill and profit from locusts.

2015年11月11日 · Despite these efforts, West Africa faced one of its largest locust outbreaks in 2003-2005. Cold, dry conditions in the winter finally allowed control agencies to halt the outbreak at a cost of around $400 million and harvest losses calculated at more than five times that amount. Controlling locust swarms is no easy task.

2022年11月4日 · And nowhere is the need for investment more critical than in the Sahel region of north Africa. A report by the International Monetary Fund identifies 48 countries , primarily in the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa, which are hardest hit because they produce insufficient food and so rely most heavily upon costly food imports.

2025年1月21日 · It is South Africa’s firm view that these themes can best be taken forward through the collective actions of a number of institutions like the G20, as well as various multilateral organizations of the world, such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, financial institutions of the world, some of which should be reformed and be more representative ...

2022年5月25日 · There is conflict in Northern Ethiopia while the Horn of Africa deals with food insecurity and malnutrition from a historically long drought and desert locust infestation. Refugees flock to Sudan, which is also suffering the impacts of …

2025年1月24日 · The challenge for Africa’s women entrepreneurs runs even deeper, said Fatoumata Ba, Founder and Executive Chair of Janngo Capital — and also the founder of Africa’s first unicorn, the term used to describe startups that reach a valuation of $1 billion. “African women have the highest rate of female entrepreneurship globally at 26%.