High tech early warning system could curb next South African locust swarms

Mongabay
Jun 29, 2022, 3:34 pm203 pts
In May 2022, the largest locust infestation in a quarter century descended on South Africa’s Eastern Cape, stripping five million hectares (19,305 square miles) of grazing land. With another swarm predicted for September, the arrival of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, farmers in the vast 168,966 km²…

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