Mercy Corps: Locust Invasion Threatens Food Supplies Across East Africa as COVID-19 Slows Response
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
PORTLAND, Oregon, April 24 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement by Regional Director for Africa Sean Granville-Ross:
In the middle of last year, a plague of desert locusts - the most devastating migratory pest in the world - began to descend on countries in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Measures intended to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic are unwittingly slowing the essential response to prevent these pests from wiping out food supplies.
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In the middle of last year, a plague of desert locusts - the most devastating migratory pest in the world - began to descend on countries in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Measures intended to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic are unwittingly slowing the essential response to prevent these pests from wiping out food supplies.
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