Locust Invasion
Back on February 1, I posted about the crazy bad locust invasion taking place over in Africa:
https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2020/02/locusts-everywhere.html
An update from Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-africa-locusts/
I cannot even remotely begin to comprehend what this is like:
Mary Muthoni runs through her farm in Mathyakani, in southeast Kenya, shaking a bottle filled with pebbles at the clouds of locusts that swarmed into her village the night before. That morning, the whole community rose early to try chasing off the insects, banging on pots and pans, blowing whistles and honking motorcycle horns.
“We first woke up and prayed. We prayed that the Lord shut the mouths of the locusts,” Muthoni said.
UGH.
“Just a single locust swarm, if it comes into a farmer’s field in the morning, by midday it has eaten the entire field,” said FAO locust forecasting expert Keith Cressman. “That one field represents the entire livelihood of that farmer.”
UGH.
The locust invasion could lead to a considerable drop in agricultural production and exacerbate malnutrition and hunger. In Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, more than 13 million people are experiencing severe acute food insecurity, according to the FAO. Another 20 million are on the verge of falling into crisis if their crops are damaged or they lose their livestock.
UGH.
This, folks, is a crisis.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. I learned that there is a distinct difference between a cicada and a locust. See:
https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Differences-Between-Cicadas-and-Locusts
https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2020/02/locusts-everywhere.html
An update from Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-africa-locusts/
I cannot even remotely begin to comprehend what this is like:
Mary Muthoni runs through her farm in Mathyakani, in southeast Kenya, shaking a bottle filled with pebbles at the clouds of locusts that swarmed into her village the night before. That morning, the whole community rose early to try chasing off the insects, banging on pots and pans, blowing whistles and honking motorcycle horns.
“We first woke up and prayed. We prayed that the Lord shut the mouths of the locusts,” Muthoni said.
UGH.
“Just a single locust swarm, if it comes into a farmer’s field in the morning, by midday it has eaten the entire field,” said FAO locust forecasting expert Keith Cressman. “That one field represents the entire livelihood of that farmer.”
UGH.
The locust invasion could lead to a considerable drop in agricultural production and exacerbate malnutrition and hunger. In Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, more than 13 million people are experiencing severe acute food insecurity, according to the FAO. Another 20 million are on the verge of falling into crisis if their crops are damaged or they lose their livestock.
UGH.
This, folks, is a crisis.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. I learned that there is a distinct difference between a cicada and a locust. See:
https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Differences-Between-Cicadas-and-Locusts
