A new wave of billions of locusts is set to devour crops across the East and Horn of Africa region, setting off concerns about regional food security and livelihoods of millions of farmers. We asked African Development Bank Chief Financial Economist Edson Mpyisi about the locust crisis and the Bank’s work to help affected African nations to cope.
Question: Locust swarms come around every 10 to 15 years, they're nothing new. What makes this season's swarms in East Africa and the Horn different? […]
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