{"id":13511,"date":"2020-02-05T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T09:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13511"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:24:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T09:54:50","slug":"explained-what-is-the-locust-attack-destroying-crops-in-several-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-the-locust-attack-destroying-crops-in-several-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What is the locust attack destroying crops in several countries?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Pakistan and Somalia have declared locust emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Locust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers. They multiply in numbers as they migrate long distances in destructive swarms.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Four species of locusts are found in India: Desert locust, Migratory locust, and Bombay Locust and Tree locust.<\/li><li>Desert locust is regarded as the most destructive pest in India<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locust Hotspots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has currently identified three hotspots of threatening locust activity: Horn of Africa, the Red Sea area, and southwest Asia.<\/li><li>The Horn of Africa has been called the worst-affected area<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Control measures taken by India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locust Control and Research scheme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is implemented through the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) which was established in 1939.<\/li><li>LWO was amalgamated in 1946 with the Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage (PPQS) of the Ministry of Agriculture.<\/li><li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: protection of standing crops and other green vegetation from Desert locust<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Pakistan and Somalia have declared locust emergencies. Facts: About Locust Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers. They multiply in numbers as they migrate long distances in destructive swarms. &nbsp;Four species of locusts are found in India: Desert locust, Migratory locust, and Bombay Locust and Tree locust. Desert locust is regarded as the most&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-the-locust-attack-destroying-crops-in-several-countries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What is the locust attack destroying crops in several countries?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4890],"class_list":["post-13511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-locusts","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704749803},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}