Grasshoppers outbreak Eating food, eastern Africa February 3, 5:49
In eastern Africa, massive grasshopper outbreaks and devastating crops have caused the United Nations to warn of a potential humanitarian crisis.
According to the FAO = United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Africa, including Ethiopia, have been affected by a large number of pests, bactericidal locusts, that have been devastating crops and pastures since last month. People are likely to be affected.
In Kenya, the worst damage in the last 70 years has been seen, and the video shows that the grasshoppers are being generated in large numbers as the sky is covered in black.
In the area, pesticides are sprayed from above in severely damaged areas, and they are being hunted to remove grasshoppers.
It is concerned that even small herds can eat 35,000 people worth of food per day, so if breeding progresses, the damage will become even more serious.
Many people in eastern Africa, where industries are scarce, make a living on agriculture, and the FAO warns that food shortages could cause a humanitarian crisis.