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Operational Aspects of Locust Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. Yeo
D. Yeo*
Affiliation:
International African Migratory Locust Organisation, Kara, Republic of Mali and Woodstock Agricultural Research Centre, “Shell” Research Ltd, Sittingbourne
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The crops of every continent of the world have been devastated from time to time by locusts or grasshoppers. To mention three major locust species, the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.) has caused havoc in a broad band of the world stretching from East Pakistan to Senegal and from the Mediterranean to Central Africa, the Red Locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata Serv.) has infested East, Central and Southern Africa, and the African Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides Rch. and Frm.) has plagued most of Africa south of the Sahara.

What happens in one part of a plague area can significantly affect the situation in others and locust control is therefore an international problem, requiring international co-operation. Many of the threatened areas are countries where standards of living are not high and local agriculture is a mainstay of the economy; the regions are often inhospitable and lack modern roads, aerodromes and lines of communication.

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All-day Symposium on Agricultural Aviation
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 672 , December 1966, pp. 1077 - 1081
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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