Desert locusts are notorious for their ability to form massive swarms that can devastate crops and threaten food security across vast regions of Africa and Asia. Understanding their ecology and ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR) said that a recent desert locust survey and control ...

These are the half brains of a solitary desert locust (left) and of a gregarious locust of the same species (right) at the same magnification. Computer-assisted laser microscopy was used to reveal ...

Here, you’ll learn more about locust swarms and the effects of the 2020 locust outbreak and provide an overview of the biology and behavior of locusts. The desert locust attack from ‘19 to ‘21 started ...

OPINIONBy Farayi Zimudzi As we step into 2025, the Eastern Africa sub-region finds itself at a crossroads, facing significant opportunities and, at the same time, unprecedented challenges to its ...

Technology and innovation also support disaster response, resilience-building, and rural transformation. Climate-smart ...

As we step into 2025, the Eastern Africa sub-region finds itself at a crossroads, facing significant opportunities and, at the same time, unprecedented challenges to its agricultural systems. With a ...

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and ...

Yet, droughts, floods, landslides, and the emergence of pests such as Desert Locusts and Fall Armyworms, continually threatens its agricultural sector. Conflict has also been a challenge in parts of ...

Using records extracted from historical documents and focusing on a typical hazardous area—Cangzhou, this study reconstructed databases of locust plagues and related disasters from 618 to 1949 to ...