Home » Agribusiness African Migratory Locusts threaten livelihoods in southern Africa AgribusinessLatest NewsSmallholderSustainability African Migratory Locusts threaten livelihoods in southern Africa 15 ViewsA girl walks through a cloud of locusts in north-central Namibia. The area has had its share of the invasion of the devastating African Migratory Locusts (AML) which first hit southern Africa in mid-2020 and which has been overshadowed by the Desert Locust emergency in eastern Africa. They have been at the forefront of the locust control effort since it began last year and are reluctant to throw in the towel. The Government of Namibia has so far contributed 30 million Namibia dollars (USD 2.1 million) towards locust control efforts since the start of the outbreak. Locusts in Southern AfricaThe African Migratory Locust swarms have been ravaging crop fields and grazing lands across four countries in the region: Namibia, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 26, 2021 14:14 UTC