Climate Adaptation

Desert Locust Outbreak at Crisis Point, Industry Body Says

  • Horn of Africa nations bear brunt of worst plague in decades
  • Coronavirus pandemic hampers efforts to contain growing swarms
Locusts on the ground in a wheat field.Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg
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A desert-locust plague in the Horn of Africa has reached critical proportions, according to Gro Intelligence, a privately funded commodity data and analysis service.