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Hargol, the world’s first commercial grasshopper farm, already farms grasshoppers for human consumption. Now, they are turning their attention to animal feed, starting with petfood. Photo: Dror Tamir, Hargol FoodTech

26-01-2021 | Article

The benefits of using grasshoppers for animal nutrition

National Youth Service officers inspect some spraying tools during a training on desert locust control at Kenya's National Youth Service Training College in Gilgil, Kenya. Photo: FAO/Luis Tato

20-07-2020 | Article

EU contributes € 15m to fight desert locusts

A desert locust swarm in Samburu County, Ololokwe, Kenya. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the desert locust swarms that have already reached Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia could spill over into more countries in East Africa destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. Photo: FAO/Sven Torfinn.

16-03-2020 | News

Locusts decimate crops in East Africa