The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has secured about $111m of funding towards fighting the locust swarms [Baz Ratner/Reuters]
*Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Yemen, Iran, Saudi Arabia threatened
One million people are in need of emergency food assistance in Ethiopia after the worst desert locust outbreak in decades.
Nearly 200,000 hectares of cropland were damaged by the insects, leading to the loss of over 356,000 tons of grain including sorghum, maize and wheat, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, said Monday.
An additional 1.3 million hectares of pasture have been affected, reducing the area by as much as 61% in the Somali region.
The battle against the locust invasion has been exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis.
Following ample rain in March, new swarms of the pest are forming and threaten not only Ethiopia, but Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Yemen, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the UN agency said.
The East African region could be on the verge of a food crisis if the huge swarms of locusts devouring crops and pasture are not brought under control, a top UN official has told the BBC.
A massive food assistance may be required, Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergencies for FAO, said.
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