Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts

A Turkana sub county crops officer displays the E-locust phone app at his office in the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya. — Reuters

LORUGUM, Kenya: Lorugum village in northwest Kenya is under siege. Hundreds of thousands of young desert locusts perch on trees, shrubs, and in the grass.

In the coming days or weeks, their bodies will turn from pink to yellow, their wings will harden and, if nothing is done to stop them, they will begin to swarm, with disastrous consequences for agricultural production and the environment.