Kenya suffers from worst locust plague in 70 years
Farmers in Turkana County of northwest Kenya are suffering major losses due to an infestation of locusts that severely damaged their crops.
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Swarms of desert locusts spread through farmlands right before harvest season in the region, consuming everything they met.
Such swarms - potentially containing hundreds of millions of individual Desert Locusts -- can move 150 kilometers a day, devastating rural livelihoods in their relentless drive to eat and reproduce. A Desert Locust devours its own weight in food per day - about two grams, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Launching a large control operation, the organization has had some success in addressing the situation.
The United Nations reported that over 600,000 hectares had been contained against the locust infestation. (ILKHA)
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