Video // Success in East Africa locust battle
How East Africa beat back the biggest invasion of crop-eating desert locusts in living memory.
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How East Africa beat back the biggest invasion of crop-eating desert locusts in living memory.
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With help from FAO, a community of lepers is growing food crops and fish in a sprawling colony on the outskirts of New Delhi Shahadra, India – Seen through the … Continue readingFeature // “We are not hungry anymore”
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