Swarms of Locusts Devastating Crops Moving
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Swarms of locusts that have devastated crops and pastures across West Africa may hit countries as far away as Pakistan, a U.N. agency said Wednesday as it announced an intensified control campaign.
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The desert locust infestation that  descended on West and Central Africa this year is likely to  return in 2005 and officials will have to be better prepared to  avoid major damage to crops, experts said on Monday.
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THIS WEEK, we&#39;ve had snow in the north and of locusts in the south, which seems like a pretty fitting illustration for the extremes that exist in this small sliver of the globe.
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Swarms of locusts invade southern Italy, including the town where Mel Gibson shot The Passion of The Christ.
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Crop-devouring locusts have caused major damage to cereals in Mauritania but other West and Central African states have suffered much less than feared from the worst infestation in over a decade, the U.N. said on Thursday.
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The UN appeals for extra international aid to battle swarms of locusts that are spreading across west Africa.
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Mauritania repeats its call for urgent aid to combat the largest locust plague to hit the region in over 20 years.
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says widespread breeding of desert locusts continues in West Africa and new swarms are being formed.
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It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster: thousands of acres of grass and the herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat it versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers hope quick action will take care of the caterpillars &#151; also known as range worms &#151; before they can destroy pastures in northeastern New Mexico.
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The United Nations is flying six more aircraft to combat swarms of crop-devouring locusts in west Africa.
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Crops damaged by recent wet weather are being left to rot because it is too wet to harvest them, farmers say.
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Residents burned tires and trash in the streets Thursday trying to drive off swarms of locusts descending on the region in what a U.N. agency called the worst sub-Saharan invasion in more than a decade.
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do well to turn to a UN site that counsels if you can&#39;t beat them eat them. swarms that have landed in Cyprus from Africa. &quot;Here are a few local recipes from locust-affected countries,&quot; a page on the FAO Web site says.
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With swarms of locusts threatening crops in a number of African countries, a U.N. agency appealed for an additional &#36;70 million in assistance Thursday to prevent the upsurge from becoming a full-scale plague.
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A tiny pest is decimating honeybee colonies across the country, worrying beekeepers and farmers who depend on the insects to pollinate their crops.
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An agricultural region in eastern Mauritania faces the loss of its entire crop to swarms of locusts unless action is taken immediately, a regional government official has warned.
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A rice-sized mite that sucks blood from honey bees is wiping out thousands of hives in Oregon and across the nation, making life difficult for beekeepers and for farmers who depend on bees to pollinate their crops.