Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Libyaincluding Ghat, Zawilah and Wadi Atabawere suffering from a locust outbreak.It added that the emergency team had faced "difficulties" in tackling the outbreak due to a "lack of communication" and transport issues.It cited the head of the committee tasked with combating locusts as saying that the insects had posed a "threat to vegetation and crops".The Benghazibased Akhbar Libya 24 urged the authorities to take appropriate measures before it was "too late".In 2024, Libyan media reported one of the worst locust crises in years, with around 75% of farms and 1.5m palm trees reportedly damaged in the southern Tazirbu municipality.(Sources as refer- enced in text) Economic outlook Vol.61 p.24982B MALAWI
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDGs: Zero hunger, No poverty
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409211455