Desert locust control is a top priority for food security: it is the biggest migratory pest for smallholder farmers in many ...

The migratory pest can reach plague proportions, and a swarm covering one square kilometer can eat enough food in one day to ...

The crisis has affected 23 countries to date, from Pakistan to Tanzania. 3. The desert locust is among the most dangerous migratory pests in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture ...

The main species that it breeds is the migratory locust, but it also farms the desert locust, and a bush cricket called nsenene. "We can breed 400 million locusts a year in our facilities," says ...

FAO describes the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria, as the world's "most dangerous migratory pest, with a voracious appetite unmatched in the insect world".

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before ...

Desert locust control is a top priority for food security: it is the biggest migratory pest for smallholder farmers in many regions of Africa and Asia, and capable of long-distance travel across ...