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rpannier

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Sat Jun 6, 2020, 10:39 AM Jun 2020

Largest Locust Invasion In Decades Plagues Farmers Across South And Central Asia

Farmers across Central and South Asia are struggling to save their crops from the largest invasion of locusts in more than 20 years. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that there could be a second wave of locusts if storms on the Indian Ocean cause heavy rains this summer.

Video at Link (worth the watch)
https://www.rferl.org/a/largest-locust-invasion-in-decades-plagues-farmers-across-south-and-central-asia/30655232.html

Tajikistan's southern Kalton Region. In addition to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Pakistan and India
Per the video: The larger than normal rainfall since 2018 allowed the locusts to expand in remote areas of Saudi Arabia where they moved to east Africa and central Asia

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Largest Locust Invasion In Decades Plagues Farmers Across South And Central Asia (Original Post) rpannier Jun 2020 OP
Somalia was also a hotbed for them in Africa. n/t Igel Jun 2020 #1
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