Why East Africa’s devastating locust outbreak is unlikely to hit SA
The Southern African region is unlikely to be affected by the locust outbreak that has devastated parts of East Africa, a government research organisation says.
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) said though the risk of locust swarms invading SA and the rest of the region may be low, the country is prepared to manage or control such an outbreak with local expertise, pesticide stocks, spray aircraft and other measures. The council said it, together with the department of agriculture, has considerable experience in the management of locust outbreaks, based on previous incidents of red and brown locust that were successfully managed between 1980 to 2005. ..
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