The most effective means of controlling locusts is to prevent the swarms from forming.
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Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions.
Fried locusts.
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Eating locusts is an old strategy used to get food after locusts devastated crops, but things have changed.
A water melon stall in the Makongeni market in Thika town – a typical scene in Kenya.
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County governments and the health ministry should allow produce markets to operate in urban areas.
A man runs through a desert locust swarm in Kitui County, Kenya.
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Changing weather modifies insect traits and can have an impact on their food, natural enemies and predators.
A man chases away a swarm of desert locusts in the bush near Enziu, Kitui County, some 200km east of the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
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The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy.
Flying desert locust.
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Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place