CitySearcher
June 17th, 2007, 03:57 AM
SANA'A, 13 June 2007 (IRIN) - Yemen's Desert Locusts Control Centre (DLCC) has asked the government to increase its budget after the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Yemen was facing its worst locust infestation in nearly 15 years.
The DLCC also asked the donor community to help fight the outbreak.
"Widespread breeding is in progress within a large and remote area -estimated at 31,000sqkm - in the interior of Yemen, where locust swarms are likely to form," FAO expert Keith Cressman said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b933b72e5d02a574567d70988237ec63.htm
The DLCC also asked the donor community to help fight the outbreak.
"Widespread breeding is in progress within a large and remote area -estimated at 31,000sqkm - in the interior of Yemen, where locust swarms are likely to form," FAO expert Keith Cressman said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b933b72e5d02a574567d70988237ec63.htm