• Locusts (Slaha/सलह) have been infesting Nepal from time to time. In general, locusts enter Nepal via India. The locust infestations typically have a profound...
    2 KB (175 words) - 17:41, 8 September 2024
  • to hit Kenya in 70 years, and the worst in 25 years for Ethiopia, Somalia, and India. The locust infestations began when Cyclone Mekunu in 2018 produced...
    38 KB (4,349 words) - 07:49, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Desert locust
    The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. They are...
    48 KB (6,203 words) - 08:15, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Paddy Day
    pandemic and locust infestation. Food portal Nepal portal Agriculture in Nepal List of festivals in Nepal National Education Day (Nepal) "Asar 15: Nepali...
    6 KB (570 words) - 04:26, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Food security during the COVID-19 pandemic
    by the locust infestation as well as a cholera outbreak alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. The combined effects of these disasters has resulted in an exceptional...
    52 KB (5,111 words) - 03:57, 14 July 2024
  • infections crosses 10,000. June 27 - Locusts are reported to have entered into the country. See: 2019–20 locust infestation July 2 - The President abruptly...
    19 KB (1,566 words) - 10:47, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gregarina garnhami
    described in 1956 by Canning as a parasite found in several locusts, such as the desert locust, African migratory locust, and Egyptian locust. Especially...
    23 KB (2,530 words) - 17:19, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Houthi takeover in Yemen
    The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known by the Houthis as the September 21 Revolution, or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), was a popular revolution...
    77 KB (6,591 words) - 16:56, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Passover Seder
    – Hail rained from the sky Arbeh (locusts) – Locusts swarmed over Egypt Choshech (darkness) – Egypt was covered in darkness Makkat Bechorot (killing of...
    64 KB (7,981 words) - 21:55, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climate change in Kenya
    pests. For instance, in early 2020 some parts of Kenya and neighbouring East African Countries faced massive swarms of locusts. Even if directly attributing...
    36 KB (3,554 words) - 17:31, 17 September 2024