Locust Alert in Africa

A warning has been issued in Africa on the potential for devastating swarms of locusts in the near future. Previous swarms have annihilated crops prompting the necessity for massive international food aid.

From TheTideNews.com:

Countries in north and west Africa have been warned to be on alert for an outbreak of locusts, which devastated Mauritania two years ago.

Locusts had been found in Mauritania, and were laying eggs that were expected to hatch in the next 10 days, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAG).

One UN FAG official, Keith Cressman, stated, "We are taking it very sinuously." Frankly, I'd recommend a more direct approach but the UN typically takes its own sweet time.

Nevertheless, a locust outbreak will offer the FAG group an opportunity to test a new environmentally-friendly pesticide. Hopefully, the FAG's efforts will be successful.