For #Africa, the worrisome plague is still not #CCPVirus,...

For #Africa, the worrisome plague is still not #CCPVirus, but locusts. Perversely, Africa's embrace of the same failed #lockdown strategies used in other countries has given the locusts free reign to destroy crops and food supplies. https://www.wsj.com/articles/africa-braces-for-a-record-wave-of-locusts-11588152655 #news #foodsecurity

Africa Braces for a Record Wave of Locusts

Flood waters that swamped bean and corn fields created a breeding ground for a swarm of desert locusts that destroyed a swath of farmland across eight East African nations earlier this year. Now their offspring are threatening a second wave of locusts, 20 times as large.

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#Africa,#CCPVirus,#lockdown#news#foodsecurity

Apr 29 2020 · 12:38 PM