{"id":7740,"date":"2020-01-24T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T06:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:49","slug":"state-runs-out-of-options-as-locusts-devour-more-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/01\/24\/state-runs-out-of-options-as-locusts-devour-more-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"State Runs Out Of Options As Locusts Devour More Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Daily Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The locust menace is far from over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, things could get worse if authorities do not act\nfast to contain the marauding swarms, the UN has warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pests are spreading fast to different parts of the\ncountry due to the poor response from the government. Mother Nature is also\ndoing the insects a favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the\nweather has fuelled their movement, meaning there\u2019s no sign of the situation\nchanging soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency said the pests could multiply 500-fold by June\nif unchecked. Earlier in the week, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said the\nagency would activate mechanisms to support affected governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAuthorities in the region have initiated control activities but, in view of the scale and urgency of the threat, additional financial backing from the international community is needed,\u201d Mr Qu said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/news\/State-runs-out-of-options-as-locusts-eat-more-crops\/1056-5429442-112pkkoz\/index.html\">Read more<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daily Nation The locust menace is far from over. In fact, things could get worse if authorities do not act fast to contain the marauding swarms, the UN has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}