ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday warned that the worst desert locust outbreak in decades has threatened the food security of ...

Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...

Plagues of locust have threatened agricultural production in Africa, Middle East and Asia for centuries. Desert locusts are potentially the most dangerous of the locust pest because of the ability of ...

In Balochistan, desert locusts are busy eating crops. According to residents of Garang, a poor, sparsely populated village in Washuk district which lies a few hundred kilometres from Iran, hopper ...

The Egyptian Agriculture Ministry announced on Friday that it has stopped this year’s first desert locust attack on the southern border between Egypt and Sudan. Agriculture Minister Ezz Eddin Abo ...

FAO has warned that desert locust swarms in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could swell and spill over into more countries in East Africa if efforts to deal with the voracious pest are not massively ...

It is considered one of the world’s most dangerous pests due to its ability to reproduce rapidly, fly vast distances and devastate crops. Now the desert locust is threatening large swaths of Saudi ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has confirmed a concerning locust outbreak in the northeastern Zambezi Region. The infestation is affecting multiple areas within the ...

Bangladesh has been alerted to keep watch on probable locust infestation, which the country has never experienced over the last five decades. After two of its South Asian neighbours – India and ...

WINDHOEK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has confirmed a locust outbreak in the country's northeastern Zambezi Region, affecting multiple ...