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Displaying 75 of about 380 resultsBy Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle
Oslo - Crop-damaging pests are moving towards the poles at a rate of more than 25 km (16 miles) a decade, aided by global warming and human transport, posing a potential threat to world food security, a study showed on Sunday.
The spread of beetles, moths, bacteria, worms, funghi and other pests in a warming…
By Nelson Renteria
Ishuatan, El Salvador – In this small town, deep in the hills of El Salvador, farmers have become increasingly worried over the last five years as they see their crops of corn, beans and vegetables affected by heavy storms, droughts and hot spells.
To ease the problem, they are going back to school, to learn how to use indigenous ag…
Lacking the compelling images of floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, the worsening food crisis in the Sahel region of western Africa is struggling to attract the attention it deserves, writes Donna McSkimming for the Sydney Morning Herald, and a call for media to report on the risks of 'seemingly unremarkable phenomena - such as erratic rainfall and insec…
A team led by Plant & Food Research will undertake a pilot study this summer to determine if native birds can potentially function as nature’s pest control.
With the blessing of iwi, scientists will catch and release native birds such as tui, korimako (bellbird), piwakawaka (fantail), riro riro (grey warbler) and tauhou (silvereye) currently…
Cheap solutions to food losses are having a big impact on hunger, researchers say
By Wesley Langat
Improved storage techniques have shown they can cut the loss of harvested maize by 10 percent in Tanzania, and help one-third fewer households go hungry in the lean season, Swiss researchers said.
As Africa's population rises and climate change threaten…
By Basil D.N. Waugh
Crop losses for critical food grains will increase substantially with global warming, as rising temperatures boost the metabolism and population growth of insect pests, new research says.
“Climate change will have a negative impact on crops,” said Scott Merrill of the University of Vermont, a co-author of the study p…
By Soumya Sarkar
The largest locust swarm in close to three decades is eviscerating farmlands in western and northern India, spreading panic among farmers getting ready to sow the country’s main summer crop.
The warming of the Indian Ocean due to climate change is cited as the main reason for the proliferation of locusts that are now ranging from th…
By Laurens van der Velde
Crop pathogens and pests reduce the yield of agricultural production, causing substantial economic losses and reducing food security. Yet, their global burden and their variation over time and among different agroecosystems remains poorly quantified. New research, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, by a collaboration…
By Leisa Armstrong
In recent months, food security concerns have emerged for nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as swarms of desert locusts wreak havoc on crops.
While the same level of damage isn’t currently being felt in Australia, the threat of infestations extends to us too. But drone technology is offering up solution…
By Dora N. Cudjoe and Razan Nimir
In Sudan, COVID-19 (coronavirus) is causing several unprecedented crises. The increase of confirmed cases has led to the collapse, as in other countries of the health system because of the increasing number of confirmed cases in a country where 26% of the population do not have access to potable water. COVID-19 co…
By Josephine McKenna
In this Q&A interview, FAO Senior Desert Locust Forecaster Keith Cressman and Cyril Ferrand, Manager of FAO's Desert Locust response in East Africa, discuss progress made in containing the threat posed by the voracious pest in East Africa.
What is the locust situation in East Africa right now?
Cressman: At the moment, sw…
Rome - Due to the impact of climate change, plant pests that ravage economically important crops are becoming more destructive and posing an increasing threat to food security and the environment, finds a scientific review released on Tuesday.
The Scientific Review on the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Pests - A global challenge to prevent and mitig…
By Gregg Howe and Nathan Havko
For millennia, insects and the plants they feed on have been engaged in a co-evolutionary battle: to eat or not be eaten. Until recently, the two antagonistic sides have maintained a stalemate of sorts. With climate change, however, warmer temperatures could tip the balance in favor of the insects and spell dang…
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The East Africa Hazards Watch supports tracking extreme events such as drought, cyclones, pests (des…
On the 17th of June 2021, IGAD held a Ministerial Conference on the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and other Transboundary Pests. The meeting brought together Ministers of Agriculture from IGAD Member States as well as neighboring countries, such as Yemen, with the objective to reach a consensus on the required set of actions needed to control…