A plague amid a pandemic: East Africa, West Asia combat surging locust outbreak.
"It's about 450 billion insects that we killed since the beginning of the year," Cyril Ferrand, head of the FAO's resilience team in East Africa, said of estimates that more than 1.1 million acres were brought under control by the FAO and the various governments.
"Normally, the first line of defense is Yemen," Williams said. But"the funds aren't there, and it's very difficult to access, because you're crossing lines of conflict, and so things got out of control." Experts and equipment were brought in just before borders closed, Ferrand said. The FAO also strategically procured resources, such as pesticide, in batches rather than in single mass orders in case shipments were disrupted.
"The issue is which technologies are going to be the most useful and most sustainable," Williams said.
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