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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 have destroyed crops and grazing grounds across East Africa and the Horn. Scientists say warmer seas ar...

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 destroyed crops and grazing grounds across East Africa and the Horn. Scientists say warmer seas are cr...

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