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'Never Seen Anything Like This': Madhya Pradesh Farmers Reel from Locust Attacks -Anup Dutta

-TheWire.in

Government officials have attempted to spray pesticides on them before dawn, but to little effect.

Bhopal: Nearly 10 districts in Madhya Pradesh are suffering from a massive locust infestation that is threatening crops at a time of harvest.

“This really is the worst time for locusts to invading farmland, because the framers are just ready with mustard, cumin, wheat, flowers and vegetables,” said Kedar Sirohi, leader of Aam Kisan Union.

Sirohi said there are photos circulating of locust swarms decimating ready harvest. “When they swarm in, they can eat all crops in less than a minute,” he added.

Locusts, which are part of the grasshopper family, can travel 93 miles a day, and each adult can eat its weight in food in the same time span.

According to United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the international agency that monitors locust invasions across the globe, swarm of locusts, which contains about 40 million of them, can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people, 20 camels or six elephants.

In fact, a small swarm can eat enough food to feed 35,000 people in 24 hours.

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