05 Jun Locust plague utilization in poultry feed
कुक्कुट चारा (पोल्ट्री फीड) में टिड्डी प्लेग का उपयोग Large swarms of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) threatened agriculture crops in most of the parts of world including India, this loom happened worst ever before in past two and half decades. “Locust feeding to poultry birds” is an innovative technique evolved in neighboring countries of India offers a way to amass the crop-destroying pests instead of using insecticides that harm people and the environment. Huge swarms darkened the sky in recent days and it appears being overtaken by aliens. It was biggest blow upon poor farmers and rural communities who are already hit hard economically by COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change has played a crucial role on the locust plague. It started after exceptional cyclonic rainfall moistened the “Empty Quarter” deserts of Saudi Arabia in 2019. The swarms were swept eastwards through Iran to Pakistan by seasonal winds. After breeding in Pakistan’s eastern deserts, the locusts took to the air again in late winter. Currently, another generation has hatched, and entered into India. India’s western provinces were first overwhelmed by these huge swarms. Fresh swarms are just beginning to take to air and are expected to grow until mid-summer. Locust’s origin and migration A locust is a large, mainly tropical, grasshopper with powers of flight and it migrates...