Locusts

Kuzi, an AI-powered tool helping African farmers fight locusts

The Kenyan-developed app uses satellite data, soil sensors, local weather patterns and machine learning to deliver predictions on where locusts migrate and breed.

Swarms of desert locusts threaten India's summer crops

Authorities estimate insects have engulfed more than 50,000 hectares of agricultural land in seven states, where people are already suffering from coronavirus pandemic.

Somalia declares locusts a 'national emergency'

Food sources for people and their livestock "at risk," agriculture ministry warns, as locust infestation sweeps Horn of Africa.

Climate change linked to African locust invasion

Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa threatening to exacerbate food insecurity in a region where up to 25 million people are reeling from droughts and floods, aid agencies say.