Locust attack: Bihar conducts mock drills, launches awareness campaign

Locusts around 500 km away from districts. Experts say little possibility of them entering state

Read ‘L’ for locusts

An insect from Biblical times tells his tale of survival

Locust attack: Bihar sounds alarm, asks officials to stay nights in areas under threat

The agriculture department suspects locusts will enter through state’s western border

Locust plague: How India can fight this menace

Locusts have spread to new territories across India, with new factors contributing to their spread. What can be done to curb this ‘other …

Locust swarms: How can they be warded off?

All ammunition currently in use against locusts can have serious health and environmental impacts

Locust swarm invasion: The wind factor

Desert locusts are age-old threats. But now something is changing in the way they spread and reproduce

Locusts invade Delhi-NCR

Insects spotted in Delhi’s Aya Nagar and Vasant Kunj areas in addition to five places in Gurugram; expected to move deeper into Delhi

Locust swarms: How the other plague is affecting several states

Locusts have returned to India in just two months and are spreading to new territories. Has climate change added another layer of stress and …

Locust fears haunt Bihar’s farmers, experts downplay potential threat

There is a likely threat, but the possibility of locusts reaching the state are very less, say experts

Is India headed towards a locust plague

Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south

Locust invasion: FAO seeks $138 million for Africa — double of what it sought in January

Swarms present in 9 east African countries; unseasonal rain adds to worry

What locust attack? Great Indian Bustards make a meal of pests, reproduce more

However, the population could drop again after the locust invasion gets over, experts say  

Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

9 maps to show how locusts have come to threaten India

Increase in frequency of cyclones results in extended, multiple breeding sessions of locusts

Africa Solidarity joins hands to combat desert locust outbreak in east Africa

Africa Solidarity Trust Fund's $1 million donation is modest, but in the spirit of pan-Africanism

Locust attack: Plague a grim reminder of climate change's reality

Change in cyclonic patterns in Arabian Sea behind locust invasions in Africa, west and south Asia, say experts

Fighting locust attacks: How about putting them on the plate

Locust outbreaks create opportunities to develop protein-rich feed for fish and livestock, including poultry, pigs and pets

Over 200,000 hectares crops lost to locust attacks since 2019: Agriculture minister

The locust attacks since 2019 were the most serious in the country in 26 years  

Climate change & locust infestations: FAO seeks adaptation plans at CoP26 event

Robust early warning system and governance with secured funding needed

Locust attack: Govt caught completely unawares, minister admits

Instead of taking accountability, Rajasthan, Centre, blame each other, Pakistan

Locust attack: Swarms pose most serious threat since 1993

Area measuring 370,000 hectares in Gujarat and Rajasthan affected

Cyclone Gati spurs locust outbreak threat in Somalia

Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured Somalia, made landfall on November 22, 2020

Locust attack: Excessive pesticide use will take its toll on Thar ecology

The strongest pesticides used to counter locust invasions will leech into waterbodies and crops, say experts

Peninsular India may get locusts after 46 years. Blame the wind

The pests are being carried into the region by the southern branch of winds entering India north of the Western Ghats

As told to Parliament (December 14, 2021): 9,750 birds dead in Kerala district since Nov 21

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