Desert Locust Outbreak in 2020 In the year 2020, the world witnessed distress in big time. We have had an economic slowdown, coronavirus, cyclones, and now desert locust. Locusts plagues have existed even in ancient times. Also, mentioned about these insects in religious and ancient scriptures. In recent times the year 2019, an outbreak of desert locusts exponentially increased in eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, and the South American region. Locust attack on crops on a large scale can create a scarcity of food, which is a danger for the food supply across the region. What is locust? Locusts are short-horned grasshoppers from the Acrididae family. There are many types of locusts around in different parts of the world. Only in India, there are four species of locusts found. They are Desert locust, Migratory locust, Bombay locust, and Tree locust. Out of all these four, desert locust is the most dangerous one. Desert locust has the ability of swarms to fly acros
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