This is how East Africa can turn locusts invasion to advantage

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2021. 02. 24. 11:02

The population of East Africa is projected to double by 2050, so demand for meat will also increase and locusts will be a high-quality, affordable agricultural raw material for future food production and feed for farm animals – origo wrote. This issue comes to a special light now that the life of the region is bittered by the invasion of giant locusts that destroy yields for a long time.

The heaviest locust invasion in decades

Kenya is battling some of the worst locust outbreaks in decades, but a group of farmers have taken up the fight against insects: under the common constitutional umbrella of The Bug Picture, Kenya-Rwanda, pests are being used for livestock. This initiative works on solutions and projects that can be implemented to make East African agricultural production sustainable and economical. (origo)