Pandemic, a super cyclone and now locust attacks. India is in an environmental and agrarian quandary.
Armies of locusts are swarming across Western India in alarming numbers, through farmlands and urban settlements, destroying any patch of green they can find on their way.
The first swarms of these desert locusts, the most devastating variety to come from the grasshopper family entered India along the India-Pakistan border around April 11, months before their usual time of arrival. And in the last few days they have been spotted in huge numbers in Rajasthan
They are also active in Gujarat and other states they’ve not been sighted in before like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
So, what kind of damage can these pests bring, what measures are we taking to control the outbreak? And what kind of environmental changes have triggered this untimely, unusually big swarm of locusts to attack India? Tune in to The Big Story!
Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha
Guests:

Manoj Ahirwar, Agricultural scientist at the Krishi Vigyaan Kendra in Madhya Pradesh

Dr Roxy Matthew Koll, Climate scientist Editor: Shelly Walia

References:
Locust WatchLocust swarm: UN warns of food crisis in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia
A new concern: early locusts
India’s Worst Locust Attack in 26 Yrs: What Does This Threat Mean?
India’s Second Plague: Locusts
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<div>Pandemic, a super cyclone and now locust attacks. India is in an environmental and agrarian quandary.</div>
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<div>Armies of locusts are swarming across Western India in alarming numbers, through farmlands and urban settlements, destroying any patch of green they can find on their way.</div>
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<div>The first swarms of these desert locusts, the most devastating variety to come from the grasshopper family entered India along the India-Pakistan border around April 11, months before their usual time of arrival. And in the last few days they have been spotted in huge numbers in Rajasthan</div>
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<div>They are also active in Gujarat and other states they’ve not been sighted in before like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.</div>
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<div>So, what kind of damage can these pests bring, what measures are we taking to control the outbreak? And what kind of environmental changes have triggered this untimely, unusually big swarm of locusts to attack India? Tune in to The Big Story!</div>
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<strong>Producer and Host:</strong> Shorbori Purkayastha<br>
<strong>Guests:</strong><br>
Manoj Ahirwar, Agricultural scientist at the Krishi Vigyaan Kendra in Madhya Pradesh<br>
Dr Roxy Matthew Koll, Climate scientist </div>
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<strong>Editor: </strong>Shelly Walia<br>
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<strong>References:</strong><br>
<a href="http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/faq/index.html">Locust Watch</a>
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<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51501832">Locust swarm: UN warns of food crisis in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia</a><br>
<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-locust-agriculture-crops-india-lockdown-6400755/">A new concern: early locusts</a><br>
<a href="https://www.thequint.com/news/environment/locusts-attack-india-what-it-means-explained">India’s Worst Locust Attack in 26 Yrs: What Does This Threat Mean?</a><br>
<a href="https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/indias-second-plague-locusts/">India’s Second Plague: Locusts</a>
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