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Kenyan farmers are turning crop-eating locusts into sustainable animal feed The Bug Picture is working with communities in Kenya to harvest the insects and mill them, turning them into protein-rich animal feed and organic fertilizer for farms. Social Sharing Laura Stanford says the project helps farmers turn a profit with the very thing that killed their crops CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 23, 2021 5:26 PM ET | Last Updated: February 23 A man tries to chase away a swarm of desert locusts away fro...

The climate crisis is creating conditions which have lead to a surge in Africa’s voracious pests, writes Harry Cockburn

With Kenya undergoing its worst locust plague in 70 years, one company is empowering local communities to come up with sustainable solutions. Swarms of locusts flocked to Kenya in late 2019, after a bout of unusual weather patterns was exacerbated by climate change. The infestation soon spread eastwards, affecting Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia too. Locusts threaten the food security of millions of people, as they devour crops and leave serious agricultural damage in their wake. African regenerati...

A laboratory manager tests the nutritional value of desert locusts at the laboratory Spectralab in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Reuters/Baz Ratner Laikipia, Kenya: Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the hopeless” whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by the insects. Unusual weather patterns exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surging locust n...

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE News By Reuters | February 23rd 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 A swarm of desert locust in Meru on February 9, 2021. [AFP] Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the hopeless” whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by the insects. Unusual weather patterns exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surging locust numbers, which hav...

Laikipia — Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring…

Start-up The Bug Picture is helping farmers in Laikipia, Isiolo and Samburu fight back the invasion by turning the pests into profits.

WIDER IMAGE-Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague Reuters 2/22/2021 By Baz Ratner Laikipia, KENYA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring "hope to the hopeless" whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by the insects. Unusual weather patterns exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surging locust numbers, which have de...

A project is making animal feed and fertiliser from the surging swarms breeding misery in East Africa