Africa’s locust ‘crisis’: UN calls for urgent action

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Billions of locusts are destroying crops across East Africa in the biggest outbreak the region has seen in decades. Now, the UN is calling for urgent action to avoid what could be a major humanitarian crisis.

[bRealist]

locust are GOOD EATING!!... start making a market out of them!
I've had fried locust tacos... they were great!

[paulneilson]

Use fishing nets tied to drones and catch them in the air. Pack them and ship them out.

[gnothiseauton]

And what re bound affects are there going to be on top as a result of intensive spraying of strong pesticides?

[robertskolimowski]

Forgive my ignorance (and I don't want to appear disrespectful to those suffering people), but can't we focus (since there doesn't seem to be any better immediate solution at hand) on catching that locusts for food (surely they can be cooked, preserved in some way etc.), no?🤔

[Timbo]

What if I told you locusts are not only edible, but also nutricious ánd delicious? Catch as many as you can

[psaasp]

All the people claiming the end times while locusts have been a problem since the existence of crops and locusts..

[makedredd]

How frequent does these kind of locust swarms move like this in Africa during a 100 years period?
Once every 5, 7, 10, 15, or 100 years?

[kaybass]

"Peace and security!" declarations in the Israel/Palestine situation means 'sudden destruction' that relates to the outbreak of the Great tribulation 1Thessalonians 5: 2, 3. The characteristics of the Great tribulation are: "Violence, pestilence and famine." Revelation 6:8.

[VaIeria]

"Everyone was now about, talking excitedly and praying that the locusts should camp in Umuofia for the night. For although locusts had not visited Umuofia for many years, everybody knew by instinct that they were very good to eat." - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

[fmjwest]

How about casting huge nets over the areas of land affected?

[taijitu]

Ca m'etonne enormement en lisant les courriels ci-dessous comment on ignore le sujet sur lequel on discute avec autres autant betes et s'y gonfle par dessus le marche.

[beckycoty]

What happened to all the birds that would normally eat these??

[mgore]

I can see why humans moved out of Africa. It doesn't rain -- drought. It rains -- locusts. These guys can't catch a break.

[newnew-jkkh]

Certainly no food shortage look at all those juicy tasty bugs!

[Radio_FM_]

They are a good protein source, try to catch as many as possible, they can be use to feed chickens & ducks!!

[kienfemichaeltemesgen]

This caused why we become against the law of God. If we all repent, God will stop it immediately.

[hyouzanren]

If only people learned that locust is edible! This can be a blessing... If everyone eat it!

[zerozilch]

U need a buch of noisy drones that can provied an electricall discharge when they attack it.theres enough people to do this!

[pureblood]

These swarms are just smaller versions of mankind! Use up the resources and move on! Thousands of years ago people would see this as a gift from God, Very nutritious since they have been enriched with their crops!

[stewartbowerboyd]

An answer could be In China a local farmer doesn't feed his chickens in Locust Season, says there just fat and happy (" Chinese farmer and his 70, 000 chickens become online celebrities") - click on YouTube and see, enjoy Stew.