African locust swarm headed for Middle East
by Jordan Hilger, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – An ‘unprecedented’ locust swarm is forming in the Horn of Africa, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and is expected to cause major food shortages across Africa and the Middle East later this summer.
The Schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, described in the biblical book of Exodus “is the most destructive migratory pest in the world…with the capacity to consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people,” according to the website of the Locust Watch branch of the organization.
Locust Watch added that swarms breeding in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are due to become “an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods at the beginning of the upcoming cropping season,” with Iran, Pakistan, and Sudan also expected to be significantly affected.
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