Desert locust upsurge in Horn of Africa has ended: FAOMarch 2, 2022, 7:44 pmAddis Ababa, March 2 (UNI/Xinhua) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Wednesday said the desert locust upsurge that had ravaged the Horn of Africa for more than two years has ended. "The current desert locust upsurge has finally ended in the Horn of Africa after more than two years of intensive survey and control operations carried out by ground and air with generous support from the international community," the FAO said in its latest dessert locust situation update. According to the FAO, for nearly the second consecutive month, no significant locust infestations had been detected in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya during February. China, which has been helping deal with natural disasters in the Horn of Africa region, had been helping countries in the region in their efforts to effectively respond to the desert locust upsurge. When Ethiopia suffered from the worst desert locust invasion in about 25 years for much of 2019 and 2020, the Chinese government had donated batches of what the Ethiopian government described as "timely and much-needed" anti-locust materials.

Source: Ethiopian News March 03, 2022 02:22 UTC