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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Meant to eradicate locusts, pesticides affect soil, crops -Jayashree Nandi

Meant to eradicate locusts, pesticides affect soil, crops -Jayashree Nandi

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published Published on May 30, 2020   modified Modified on Jun 2, 2020

-Hindustan Times

The Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) sprayed Malathion 96 and Chlorpyrifos, both organophosphate pesticides, to control the locust swarms across states.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations said on Friday that it may declare the locust invasion a plague if it takes a turn for the worse after breeding by the voracious, crop-crunching insects in India, Pakistan and West Africa.

FAO now categorises the locust invasion that has reached India as an “upsurge”. Swarms of desert locusts have chomped through vegetation and crops across farm lands in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) sprayed Malathion 96 and Chlorpyrifos, both organophosphate pesticides, to control the locust swarms across states. Both are extremely toxic and high level of exposure to the pesticides may cause nausea, dizziness and even death. They can also impact soil fertility by altering the ecological balance.

“We have conducted control operations in 47,000 ha in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh by spraying pesticides,” said KL Gurjar, deputy director of the LWO. A swarm near Jhansi in UP has scattered. Gurjar said there is no clear indications the locusts will head towards Delhi.

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Hindustan Times, 30 May, 2020, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meant-to-eradicate-locusts-pesticides-affect-soil-crops/story-hotty6JrfYyCXP4h1C4ZON.html


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