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Gujarat locust invasion
December 29 , 2019
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- Gujarat and Rajasthan are under attack from hoppers — new born locusts or known as tiddis locally.
- Banaskantha is the worst affected district in Gujarat.
- The insects were flying from Pakistan Sindh province.
- The locusts emerged from Sudan and Eritrea in the coast of Red Sea.
- The insects fly in during the day and settle on the farms at night making it difficult to ward off the swarms.
- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) operates the DLIS (Desert Locust Information Service) headquartered in Rome, Italy.
- The invasion was also predicted by Locust Warning Organization (LWO) in Jodhpur.
- It operates under ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research).
- The LWO monitors 2 lakh square kilometres of desert area in parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana.
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