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India in danger zone as locusts breed 400 times than usual -Ishan Kukreti

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Attacks by desert locusts are threatening India, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region

Desert locusts are breeding 400 times than usual due to favourable climatic conditions, according to a report by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). This explosive multiplication may spell disaster for large parts of Asia and Africa.

Favourable climatic conditions for the pests have resulted in their multiplication, that is 400 times more than usual.

    Already 38,308 hectares in 22 out of 33 districts of Rajasthan are under locust attack, according to the state government. They have reached as far as Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, after entering from Pakistan in April  

The current outbreak is affecting India, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has categorised countries affected by locust attack in three regions:

* The western region includes west African countries
* The central region consists of countries in the Horn of Africa
* The eastern region which consists of Iran, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan

The locusts move from the western region to the central and then to the eastern, as their population increases.

The Horn of Africa is facing the worst desert locust crisis in over 25 years, according to FAO. Meanwhile, Kenya and Iran are facing their most serious locust crisis in 70 years.  

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