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Billions Of Locusts Invade Madagascar Capital - Agriculture - Nairaland 222j3a
Billions Of Locusts Invade Madagascar Capital (11846 Views)
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| peteregwu(m): 2:05pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Billions of locusts swarmed Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Thursday, prompting residents and tourists to share photographs of the sudden insect invasion on Twitter, while experts worried about the effect on the country's food supply. In the past five years, swarms of giant locusts have regularly swept in over the island nation off Africa’s southeastern coast, devastating crops and other food supplies within just a few hours. The Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) of the United Nations estimates that the ongoing locust plague in Madagascar threatens the livelihoods of some 13 million people, of which nine million earn their living from agriculture. Last year, the UN agency launched a three-year emergency program to try and control the locust infestations through aerial campaigns to protect crops. Out of the $44 million (€33 million) in donations the FAO has called for to fund the program, it has so far only received $28.2 million, meaning the funding gap exceeds the $15 million needed to implement two more campaigns in 2014/15 and in 2015/16. Since the spraying operations started in November 2013, locust populations on 1.2 million hectares of land have been controlled. In an interview with BBC Focus on Africa last year, FAO locust control expert Annie Monard said: "The last one (plague) was in the 1950’s and it had a duration of 17 years so if nothing is done it can last for five to 10 years, depending on the conditions." http://www.24.com/en/20140828-pictures-millions-locusts-swarm-madagascar-crisis-atananarivo/#./?&_suid=14108726919610022486066268825433 |
| ichidodo: 6:30pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Locust are good source of food...seems they don't hunt locusts anylonger in Madagascar..
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| icepoint(m): 10:42pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Locust are good source of food...seems they don't hunt locusts anylonger in Madagascar. Let them come to nija for training on how to hunt locust, especially in Maiduguri. 
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| miredia(m): 5:49am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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I learnt they eat those shi*t
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| Samotobor1(m): 5:49am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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k o
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| eleojo23: 5:49am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Hmmm...
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| LMAyedun(m): 5:50am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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The biblical Plague of Locusts!
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| phaphyz05(m): 5:51am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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op tnx 4 d informate
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| uzomore(m): 5:51am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Op no photo?? Nawa o
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| Mubby4luv(m): 5:51am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Subhanallah.... Innallilahi wa innaili rajiun.
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| frankels(m): 5:51am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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in this era??.... Anyway na protein food. but op where is the picture of d locust destroying abi threatening their lives?? |
| smoothlips(m): 5:51am On Sep 17, 2014 |
icepoint: Locust are good source of food...seems they don't hunt locusts anylonger in Madagascar.Hahahahahah! 1 Like 1 Share |
| kbshow100(m): 5:52am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Am I suppose to believe you OP without a single photo. #pishureorIdontbelieveyou
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| whugo(m): 5:52am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Some peeps lera gonna say;END TIME tIns!
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| Re: Billions Of Locusts Invade Madagascar Capital by Nobody: 5:52am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Wey the pishure na?
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| OchukoisBlack(m): 5:52am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Plague ke? Locust is good source of protein na,they should start eating them and the locusts won't last for a year!
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| Re: Billions Of Locusts Invade Madagascar Capital by Nobody: 5:53am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Different problems everywhere. None of my business.
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| olahero(m): 5:53am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sometime Locust is a beast... talking of xprience.
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| Krinel(f): 5:53am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Y dis s*upid locust go madagasca when pple have been waitng for it here for soup making
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| free2ryhme: 5:53am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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see good source of protein dey waste
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| danaiks(m): 5:54am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Hahaha...see showers of blessing ooo Eat them all jhorr!! 
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| olumaxi(m): 5:54am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Madagascar authourities shld free d isrealites in dia custody......cos very soon,death of d 1st borns might visit them
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| sammieguze(m): 5:54am On Sep 17, 2014 |
free2ryhme: see good source of protein dey waste Krinel: Y dis s*upid locust go madagasca when pple have been waitng for it here for soup making 1 Like |
| pretydiva(f): 5:55am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Pictures op
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| Jarchi(m): 5:55am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Joel in the bible,yeah am also joel self,make dem come for deliverance
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| andy24(m): 5:55am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Please these locust should find their way to boko haram camp and eat their balls 
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| coolzeal(m): 5:58am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Billions of locust.. It seems like Madagascar have being cursed with excessive amount of protein.
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| Re: Billions Of Locusts Invade Madagascar Capital by Nobody: 6:00am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Plague of the locust? I see some Christians screaming--" End time tins"
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| fammoboy(m): 6:00am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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The wrath of God. End tym don nack
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| Johnbosco77(m): 6:02am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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thank God is not " millions of bee'. if not Na double wahala for dead body. n femi's voice.
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| chinex276(m): 6:02am On Sep 17, 2014 |
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Hmmmm... Locust nd honey my best food!! Since d days of John de baptist
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| Johnbosco77(m): 6:04am On Sep 17, 2014 |
tsolz84: Plague of the locust? I see some Christians screaming--" End time tins"are u not a christian. u sound christientious. |
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