Source: FAO Locust Watch
as noted last month:Despite a brief update on December 18 they haven't changed the map, which had Yemen and the India - Pakistan border at highest risk....
...Places that really don't need any more stress
We watch locusts so you don't have to....Here is Deutsche - Welle's headline story:
Prime Minister Imran Khan declared the emergency to protect crops and help farmers. The Pakistani government said it was the worst locust infestation in more than two decades.
Pakistan's government declared a national emergency on Saturday in response to swarms of desert locusts in the eastern part of the country.Also at D -W
Prime Minister Imran Khan made the emergency declaration following a government briefing on the situation on Friday.
"We are facing the worst locust infestation in more than two decades and have decided to declare national emergency to deal with the threat," Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Saturday.
The desert locusts — large herbivores that resemble grasshoppers — arrived in Pakistan from Iran in June and have already ravaged cotton, wheat, maize and other crops....MUCH MORE
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And from the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization's Locust Watch:
Desert Locust situation update 28 January 2020
....MUCH MORELocusts will increase further as a new generation of breeding starts in the Horn of AfricaThe current Desert Locust situation remains extremely alarming and represents an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa. This will be further exacerbated by new breeding that has commenced, which will cause more locust infestations.
Kenya. Immature swarms continue to arrive in the northeast and move throughout northern and central areas, having invaded 13 counties to date. Some swarms have started to lay eggs that will hatch in early February and new swarms could start to form by early April in northern counties. Although a few swarms have reached the Rift Valley, they are likely to remain in northern areas. Aerial and ground control operations are in progress but need upscaling. Further movements are expected in Turkana and central counties.
Ethiopia. Swarms continue to be present throughout eastern areas, including the Ogaden, while some continue to move to the south and into the Rift Valley. Another generation of breeding will increase locust numbers further. Aerial and ground control operations are in progress but need upscaling.
Somalia. In the northeast, hopper bands are present and swarms are laying eggs where hatching and further hopper band formation are imminent. Other swarms have been reported in the south near the Kenya border....
