Desert locus combat
| dc.contributor.author | Sevilmis, Ugur | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-20T08:29:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-20T08:29:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-02-07 | |
| dc.description | Supplemental Materials: https://osf.io/fy6wz/ | |
| dc.description.abstract | According to 3 February 2020 update of “Locust Watch” website of FAO (http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/index.html) desert locus situation is extremely alarming in Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and South sudan), Red sea (Sudan, Egypt, Eritre, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman) and Southwest Asia (Iran and Pakistan). Spraying pesticides is the main approach to combat desert locus currently. But this solution have adverse effects on human health and environment. Effective, alternative, sustainable solutions are urgently required to fight with this problem. China has tested chickens to combat with huge locus swarms in 2017. They obtained success where observed that one chicken can catch over 600 locusts a day and can cover half a hectare. This paper is an informing technical note on this subject including other benefits. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.31730/osf.io/z5hp4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1083 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/1036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/1036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/1036 | |
| dc.subject | birds | |
| dc.subject | Locus | |
| dc.title | Desert locus combat |