FAO strengthens locust surveillance, early warning in Namibia

WINDHOEK, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Thursday handed over donated equipment to strengthen Namibia’s locust surveillance and early warning.

Over 2,000 hectares of cropland and more than 700,000 hectares of grazing land in the southwestern African nation were damaged by the consecutive outbreaks of African migratory, red, and brown…