West Africa is threatened by a desert locust invasion
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Global Food and Nutrition Securitydate: 16/04/2020
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As the desert locust invasion in East Africa continues, West Africa is concerned about the risk of it spreading westwards. .Researchers from CIRAD working to forecast such risks recently published the results of five simulations conducted using weather data for the years 2015 to 2019. In four out of five cases, swarms, blown by the prevailing winds, were predicted to reach southern Chad by May or June this year.
Full text available here: https://www.cirad.fr/en/news/all-news-items/press-releases/2020/estimate-risks-swarms-chad