Lets know the cause of locust.
It is assume that recent locust attack is cause due to climate change. Due to climate change the temperature of Indian ocean was increasing day by day. Due to raise in temperature the rain become extreme so in east Africa in late Dec.2019 extreme rain and flood was occur. The African countries affected by floods was Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia. Due to this flood the favorable environment was established for locust to develop and change from one phase to another.
In February. 2020 big plague of locust has descended on East Africa. Then locust start shifting their location toward east .From Africa locust migrate to Iran. From Iran to Pakistan and from Pakistan to India till May locust swarm enter to India in huge amount recent cyclone was the influences for locust swarm to migrate in India.
SOLUTION of Locust Attack
1. Spray Insecticide and pesticide : Spray the insecticide or Pesticide on the ground or with the help of Helicopter. But there are many negative impact of sprayed insecticide and pesticide on our environment and on Living organism.
2. Use Eco friendly Pesticide : But these pesticide shows the result late.
3. Loud noise : we can use Loud speaker, DJ etc or any kind of loud noise source. This solution has been implemented by farmer also. Problem of this solution is it cant be use for long term or in large scale. They are chased away from one place and locust swarm may attack to new place so this not perfect solution.
4.Use swarm of locust for chicken feeding purpose: This solution was tested out in a small area of Pakistan. Trap these locust so we can use the pests into chicken feed. Locust are good source of protein so it is good for chicken feeding. This Idea is innovative idea given by Mohd hussain civil servant of Pakistan in ministry of National Food Security and Johar Ali Bio-technologist from Pakistan Agricultural Research Council. From this idea Farmers are getting Compensation and locusts are being used as chicken feed.
5.Human Consumption of locusts: This practice has been done historically. Example Middle east, Africa, Israel. In Israel locusts is a popular dish. We can find Locusts dish in many restaurants. In Muslim culture Locust are consider as Halal and juesis culture locusts are consider as Kosher. Kosher is similar to Halal.
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