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Survey finds India free of locusts ahead of Kharif crop season
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted by the Locust Warning Organisation-Jodhpur, which is under the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from desert locust activities during the first fortnight of April.
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India sends 40,000 litres of Malathion to Afghanistan to combat locust thr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Malathion, known for its efficacy in arid regions and minimal water usage, is considered a crucial tool in locust control. The aid not only addresses the immediate threat in Afghanistan but also serves to prevent the spread of locusts to neighboring Central Asian countries.
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Survey reveals India free from locusts as farmers sow Kharif crops
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a piece of good news for farmers, who are busy sowing Kharif crops presently, a survey has revealed that the country continues to be free of locusts, which had emerged as a grave threat to farm output a couple of years back.
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Locust invasion causes huge losses to farmers in Afghanistan's northern pr
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said that the invasion of locusts has caused more than 6,000 hectares of agricultural land to be destroyed in some northern provinces of the country.
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Locusts are voracious in nature and are known for their vegetation-destroying abilities and their large-scale presence may pose a potential threat to food security.
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted during the last fortnight of October by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from gregarious as well as solitary desert locust activities. Breeding of locusts too was not reported.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking to form committee to check locust invasion of cro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking direction for the constitution of a committee to look into the locusts' invasion of farm crops as well as giving directions to the Ministry of Agriculture to deal with the same.
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India supplies 20,000 litres of pesticides to Iran to fight desert locusts
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): India on Thursday supplied the second batch of 20,000 litres of environment-friendly pesticide Malathion to Iran to fight the desert locusts menace.
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Swarms of locusts active in parts of Rajasthan, UP: Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday said that swarms of immature pink locust and adult yellow locust are active in parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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Locusts leave behind trail of destruction in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): A swarm of locusts has left behind a trail of destruction in half a dozen blocks of Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.
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Inmates at UP's Firozabad jail clang utensils to drive away locusts
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Inmates were forced to clang utensils to scare away a swarm of locusts that entered Firozabad District Jail on Friday.
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Rajasthan Agriculture minister urges Centre to declare locust menace natio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 11 (ANI): Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria on Friday urged the Central government to declare the menace of locusts a national disaster in the interest of farmers.
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