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- WFP chief David Beasley seeks million from donors, billionaires for foodWorld Food Program chief David Beasley said the WFP and its partners were going all out to reach as many as 138 million people this year _ ...10 Oct, 2020, 10.08 AM IST
- Locust menace: FAO asks India to be on high alert for next 4 weeksIn its latest update on Friday, the FAO said spring-bred locust swarms, which migrated to Indo-Pakistan border and travelled east to northe...05 Jul, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
- India-Pak technical-level meeting on locust issue proposed for June 18: MEAMEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that last month India had taken an initiative to develop regional cooperation to control locusts an...12 Jun, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
- Another locust attack likely in a few weeks: OfficialsIndia faced a locust attack last month and the swarms reached Jaipur for the first time. Swarms of locusts travelled through several areas ...09 Jun, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
- Government's locust control policy focuses on chemical spray alone, says farm expertThere is no doubt that the locust attack is a menace that cannot be ignored, but along with locust control, it must also be ensured that th...01 Jun, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
- Locusts from Pakistan threaten standing crops on 2 lakh hectareLocust swarms from Pakistan have entered Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh threatening major damage to standing cotton crops an...22 May, 2020, 07.01 AM IST
- Iran agrees but Pakistan drags its feet on India’s offer to control cross-border locust attackFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports indicate that the Desert Locust population is expected to move from s...21 May, 2020, 09.04 PM IST
- World could face multiple famines of biblical proportions due to COVID-19: UN bodyThe novel coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last, has so far infected over 2,565,290 people and claime...22 Apr, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
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