Pakistan is in touch with several countries in an effort to join hands to fight the locust menace. Pakistan’s National Locust Control Centre (NLCC) briefed the diplomatic community on Thursday, emphasising that strong regional and international cooperation is vital to address the food security threat to Pakistan and other regional countries due to the locust attack. Syed Fakhar Imam, Minister for National Food Security and Research, thanked the governments of China, the United Kingdom (UK) and Japan and contribution of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for facilitating Pakistan in controlling the locust threat. Pakistan developing pesticides, buying drones, spraying aircraftTo bolster fight against locusts, Pakistan is purchasing six aircraft and is expected to receive 50 drones for aerial spraying. China earlier sent a few drones to Pakistan and one Chinese company also offered to develop the local drone industry to deal with locust threat.

Source: Ethiopian News July 10, 2020 13:07 UTC