World body lauds Pakistan’s efforts to tackle locusts
- 11-Mar-2020
21 districts of the country remained affected from the swarms of locusts, said Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar during a meeting of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Swarms of locusts invade crops in Pakpattan
- 24-Jan-2020
'The provincial authorities have failed to take concrete measures to eliminate locusts'
Swarms of locusts attack standing crops in Sahiwal
- 19-Jan-2020
The locusts have attacked standing crops of wheat, mustard and potatoes on hundreds of acres farmlands in Kumair, Harappa, Bangla, Cheechawatani and other areas of the region.
Sindh seeks 10 aircraft from Centre to combat swarms of locusts
- 30-Dec-2019
The provincial government made its demand in a meeting between the Chief Secretary of Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah and Federal Secretary of the Ministry of National Food Security Muhammad Hashim Popalzai in Karachi.
Swarms of locusts reach Quetta, other parts of Balochistan
- 04-Dec-2019
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in first week of September had warned that the situation relating to locusts in Pakistan was “most serious” as a second generation of the insect had been bred.
Swarms of locusts land in Larkana after other districts of Sindh
- 19-Nov-2019
The swarms of the crop eating insects can be witnessed at houses, trees and fruit farms in various parts of the city and the outskirts.
Swarms of locusts descend in Cholistan, eat up standing crops
- 12-Oct-2019
Local farmers were trying to push them out of the area on self help basis with traditional means including beating metal cans.
Swarms of locusts eat up hundreds of acres crops in Sukkur region
- 30-Sep-2019
Several swarms of locusts descended in the area and eat up standing cotton crop, vegetables and fodder for cattle in the area, local people complained.
Fresh swarms of locusts descend in Cholistan, pose threat to cotton crop
- 17-Sep-2019
According to the FAO’s Locust Watch report, there remains a risk of further breeding, causing locust numbers to increase, with the possibility of swarm formation from late September onward.
Sindh to conduct aerial spray to save crops from swarms of locusts
- 26-Jun-2019
Locusts have formed plagues since prehistory. The ancient Egyptians carved them on their tombs and the insects are mentioned in ancient books and religious scriptures.