India starts pesticide offensive against swarms of locusts
About 42,000ha of summer crops have already been destroyed by the huge swarms
27 May 2020 - 12:12
New Delhi — Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts that have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa.
As many as 700 tractors, 75 fire engines and almost 50 other vehicles are engaged in spraying pesticides to kill the locusts, Trilochan Mohapatra, director-general of the state-run Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi said on Tuesday. Drones will also be employed...
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