Category Archives: locusts

Locusts Swarm Lebanon (Green Prophet)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/03/locusts-swarm-lebanon/ Locusts Swarm Lebanon. Fodder for a Tasty Treat? byTafline Laylin Locusts that bred in southern Egypt first swarmed Cairo, causing panic in Israel and Jordan, and now Lebanese farmers are battling the pests as well. Farmers … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, locusts

MADAGASCAR: Drought, cyclones, political crisis and now locusts (IRINNews)

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90168 MADAGASCAR: Drought, cyclones, political crisis and now locusts JOHANNESBURG, 13 August 2010 (IRIN) – Swarms of locusts have been forming in the South Madagascar for months threatening the livelihoods of hundreds and thousands of Malagasy … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, locusts

Locust plague in Madagascar (UNNews / FAO)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

Read at : UNNews MADAGASCAR’S FARMS THREATENED BY LOCUST PLAGUE, UN AGENCY CAUTIONS New York, Aug 12 2010 10:05AM The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today <”http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/44696/icode/”>warned that Madagascar is at risk of a crop-eating locust plague, potentially … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, locusts

School Feeding in different countries (Google / Friends of WFP)

Posted on October 27, 2008 by

Read at : http://friendsofwfp.typepad.com/friends/2008/10/index.html October 2008 Sunday, October 26, 2008 School Feeding in Rwanda: An Interview with Guy Adoua of the United Nations World Food Programme Rwanda is on the long road to recovery from the 1994 genocide that devastated … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, food / food security, locusts, malnutrition, Social dimensions, WFP, women/youth and desertification

Australia : farmers face locust plague (Google / Livenews)

Posted on October 22, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/10/22/Drought_easing_but_farmers_face_locust_plague Drought easing but farmers face locust plague Heidi Tiltins September rains have brought some relief to farmers with NSW drought figures easing slightly in the last month. This time a year ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, locusts, Social dimensions

Climate change could cut locust plagues (SciDev.net)

Posted on September 27, 2007 by

Read at : SciDev.Net <info@scidev.net> Mise à jour hebdomadaire de SciDev.Net: 17 – 24 septembre 2007 http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=3900&language=1 Climate change could cut locust plagues Chen Zhiyong 18 September 2007 Source: SciDev.Net       Scientists have found that historical outbreaks of … Continue reading →

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