Why we’re seeing the worst locust invasion in decades and how Covid-19 exacerbates it | DW Analysis
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- While Asia and Africa are battling their worst locust invasion in decades, the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could push tens of millions of people even into deeper poverty and hunger. Over 50 million people were already facing crisis-level food insecurity before the coronavirus pandemic began to spread. COVID-19 prevents farmers from offsetting crop losses by doing manual labor in cities because of curfews, restricted movement, and social distancing mandates.
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#Locusts #Coronavirus #FoodInsecurity
2020: The year that keeps on giving 🎊
don't see a difference between locusts and humans
nothing new...
More plandemics and planned orchestrated wars coming soon!
Its wake up call
Am actually waiting for internet to shut down. Better start hoarding game downloads. 😂
I was living a dangerously destructive life for years. In 2018, on one particularly bad night, I believed I was going to die. In the depth of my despair, I asked Lord Jesus for forgiveness and to my surprise He answered me. His Presence is unimaginably beautiful. My spirit has burst into such powerful flames of love and mercy that it seemed as if I was totally dissolved in Him.
I've never cried like I've cried with Him. We should ask Him for Mercy and help as long as we refuse we are victim to our own pride and the consequences of our own actions.
For me, the only thing that rings true here is that people should be responsible for the consequences of their own actions.
J-P de Beer What a beautiful testimony! I have never had the words to describe what I felt when I asked The Lord Jesus Christ into my life but it was an overflowing river of His love flowing through me.My sins just started to come out of my mouth & I couldn’t quit crying.I was completely immersed by His Holy Spirit. I pray others will invite Jesus into their lives.God Bless you!
Religion is a crutch for the weak.
Funny how the news are finally talking about this when it's been equally bad since February.
This is _fine._
I was living a dangerously destructive life for years. In 2018, on one particularly bad night, I believed I was going to die. In the depth of my despair, I asked Lord Jesus for forgiveness and to my surprise He answered me. His Presence is unimaginably beautiful. My spirit has burst into such powerful flames of love and mercy that it seemed as if I was totally dissolved in Him.
I've never cried like I've cried with Him. We should ask Him for Mercy
Just journalist feeding the 2020 hype
Righttttttttt, smh
That they would push you like that in such an entitled manner is not ok. And others’ hardships doesn’t invalidate your own, so be kind to yourself and look forward to better times.
Any day now those four horsemen
i doubt it be only 4
RICK FLAIR: WOOOOOOOO only four horseman you’ll see buddy.
Omg I said that yesterday too I think they’re already here we’re just waiting for the red horse. War like ww3 war. I’m not even religious but this is crazy
All the disasters in the same year. Reminds me of plagues of Egypt. I think the judgment day is near.
God's just warming up for the big finale....
IT HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET.! 🙏😊
You know these happen about every 70 years ...
Synthwave yes.. I love synthwave btw .. awesome name
when evil is widespread, calamaties happen
Why some animal could die from stress and some like "whatever dude, I'm here to stay"
“For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be Food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress." (Matthew 24:7, 8)
Revelation 11 vrs 18
well said
Amen
Amen
Emmanuel Newman right, that occurrence has taken place many times thus far, it never had anything to do with “bibles” lol
I wish yall knew what was really coming...all I gotta say is REPENT and hearken to the scriptures
"Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2, KJV).
A locust plague isn't gonna end the world. It's not judgement day and probably will not be for millions of years.
@@christopherdinoguy8346 that's a dangerous mind set to have, and plus judgement is already happening we're just waiting for our Lord before tribulation falls upon the earth, you don't want to be here at that time, trust me, for everyone reading this tou must REPENT and follow Jesus only and love him with all your heart soul and mind, and keep all his commandments, to be part of the rapture of the church, God bless
Steve Wilcox I’m not so sure about that. Do you know how many people I hear from a day that don’t believe in God or Jesus? Not bc I’m asking them either. It happens a lot just when I say I am praying for someone else & they chime in. I would want someone to tell me if I didn’t know,that’s all.
When you see these things begin to happen, look up! For your redemption draws near! Come!
Dont kill birds.. have wild chickens and ducks.. its is food chain issue to some extent. Chickens and ducks are no longer free range and they are confined to cases in farms. Thats how the food chain is destroyed
chickens love grasshoppers
ShinRaPresident This is a myth form the 1960’s. They have since found that free-range animals increase soil fertility.
@@AJ-xm4xc Do not spread misinformation. That person couldn't be more accurate.
There are plenty of wild ducks and other birds flying around, but in order to raise them for meat, they must be confined and fed. It would take a helluva lot of birds to eat 10 million locusts.
2020 just doesn't want to give us a break!
Watch out 2021 is round the corner,it gonna be even worse and worse.
In years to come historians will say that they study 2020. The question will then come "Which month?"
Just wait till 2021
Geoffrey Charles beacause humans don’t give each other a freakin break
Now my apocalypse bingo is totally messed up.
we're guaranteed to win the cover-all this year I think
What about diatomaceous earth,that kills all insects and is natural,also good for the soil. it is very cheap too.
I'm glad there are people who remember diatomaceous earth
Wouldn't killing all insects have massive repercussions?
I think it only kills segmented insects.
Get between the segments and acts as broke glass.
Chhhht it goes against the interest of Novartis, one of the biggest pharmaceutical conglomerates in the World.
Also linked to Michael Cohen, Trump, Valsartan scandal, 152 million dollar sexual discrimination case, Rhine pollution in 1997, Greek officials corruption, and so on...
@@sensusfidelium9510 it jams up thier mandibles and starves them
Good opportunity to grow chickens on locusts.
those locust better don’t travel to Vietnam 🇻🇳 if they want to live or they will be on the dinner table. trust me
@Appreciate Life wait REALLY? damn that actually sounds really good!!!
@howzit3000 you havnt even tried . they give up be4fore even trying. and let the folks have thier dinner. sheesh
In 2018 I believed I was going to die. In the depth of my despair, I asked Lord Jesus for forgiveness and He answered me.
Standing in His presence is unimaginably beautiful. My spirit burst into such powerful flames of love and mercy in His presence that it seemed as if I was totally dissolved in Him.
I've done skydiving before, and not even that experience came close to the wonder and beauty is felt when you have Lord Jesus in front of you!
We should ask Him for forgiveness and mercy
@@jean-pauldebeer8151 that's nice of that that helped you. But honestly and thus said also Inthe Bible. For all the asking and pleading unless people do something nothing will happen. God will help that last metre but he won't carry one alllllll the way. Can't put this all on god. God will provide so I don't need to do ANYTHING. Is total beez wax.
@howzit3000 you don't have to eat them now, they can be dried and preserve to be use for months. They are very nutritious and a good source of protein. They can also be used for animal feed
It’s all fun and games until a locust swarm eats up your crops
there are 135 million people living in the sahel, if 10% collected 100 locust a day. for 10 days thats a total of 13,5 billion. now 100 is paybe a little low. and 10% too. but my point is the amazing nfeats we can achieve if we work together. we could probably collect the locats within 1 or 2 weeks . of faced with starvation of a whole region i think 1 or 2 weeks is worth it
Locusts are edible and very nutritious. They can also be dried and use for animal feed for livestock. No need for pesticides that can kill the locusts, but are also harmful to the environment and a other living things like small animals, birds and humans
@@zoesmith1063 indeed.!
even if your crops die you still get a tasty nutritious meal on the table :)
I feel like I'm living in a South Park episode...
"You are right. Like the time of MOISES" 2020. 💔 It also went to South America.
Why are locusts being treated as pests and not a highly nutritious protein source ?
only if they dont grow wildly out of human control.
Because, of course, these locusts are poisonous.
@@vampir753 yes due to pesticide spraying!!! I mean how ridiculous!!! The locusts are a good source of protein so why not eat them or as one suggested to feed them to farm animals somehow.
Bc many people are vegetarians and we ain't china to eat everything lol
@@naturelover4823 I would have thought being a vegetarian when you are starving is nuts. Dried and powdered locusts mixed with vegetables is no different from many other 'stocks' just a source of protein . Certainly spraying them with pesticides that also contaminate the remaining crops is far from ideal.
where is elon musk with his flame thrower when you need him?
Elon is not powerful as 2020
I want a flame thrower.
DUCKS!!! A qwack load of DUCKS!!!
They forgot to report the part where a guy in robes can be seen behind the locust swarm shouting, "let my peope go!!!".
Nice joke
?
Always the poorest people in the world. What a life of hardship and suffering. And we complain that there wasn't pasta in the stores for a month.
Just give ppl budget to make some greenhouses...sure its not gonna solve the issue but at least some ppl have crops to get by until things get better
Cross hahahahaha get better 😂🤣
@@JadetheGoober yea hocus pocus voila back to normal ta dah!
@Operator 020 that's such an ignorant comment. Countries that "inject money" in Africa are simply doing business under guise of humanitarian work. They sow to reap.
don't see a difference between locusts and humans
Meanwhile Cricket Protein is $50 a pound , and higher in protein that any mammal 💰💰💰💲
NWforager China told us that eating anything other then crop is bad, so that is the same.
@@HBKnowItAll weren't you guys eating bats and dogs gtfoh saying you can't eat a cricket
crickets are worth 50 a pound? who buys crickets? iam interest in growing crickets forsale on the market
Locusts are high in protein so why can't they just eat them to solve the food problem.
I thought that. Everyone needs to go out with large nets.
Is too late,cause they poisoned them you eat them you eat poison , is an agenda to reduce the population
@@daloxtutu2025 pesticides oof. but collecting them isnt a bad idea, if everyone pitches in millions of people each collecting thousands of locusts a day, school kids and everyone. i cant help but wonder how soon they would be finished. dont have to eat them in the end
Would you eat them? I think not
@@Pssst.ByTheWay Yes , but did ask yourself why no government never advise people to eat them? And is a rich food.
Can we make sounds that only locust can hear and basically eliminate them by not wanting to mat at all because of the stress of the anti locust sounds.
The Horsemen are riding .
Truth
@@neobailey5268
No, insanity.
The four horsemen
@ what a curious!! You resembles the way people used to laught at Noah, until he entered into the ark, then the flood came and swept them all away (Mathew 24: 37-39)
Those are my horses that I released from their stable.
So let’s see, we have rises in national authoritarian movements, A renewed nuclear arms race with Russia, inevitable famines in four countries that were already happening thanks to violent conflict (Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia), the worst pandemic in recent memory, a dramatic rise in migration from Africa, and now to top it all of a new plague in our mist. And the zombie apocalypse starts in 3, 2, 1
Thank you for the unsolicited display of vacuity; in an ideal world use of the internet should require an IQ test to filter out your kind.
You forgot the 2nd swin flu pandemic
Ojay Is Ojay love the comment!
Down they come, the swarm of locusts
Skies above converge to choke us
Feast of souls consume the harvest
Young and old, suffer unto the locust
Can the swarms be sprayed while in the air in a swarm before they get to crops?
Bonita Wauls No, there are millions of them everywhere.
Beginning of the end.....
They taste like crunchy prawns
In 2018 I believed I was going to die. In the depth of my despair, I asked Lord Jesus for forgiveness and He answered me.
Standing in His presence is unimaginably beautiful. My spirit burst into such powerful flames of love and mercy in His presence that it seemed as if I was totally dissolved in Him.
I've done skydiving before, and not even that experience came close to the wonder and beauty is felt when you have Lord Jesus in front of you!
I think these are warnings to turn away from sin and back to God
Jean-Paul de Beer god isn’t real
@Dusty Rose god is a myth dude
That was a really good segment. I feel in just 5 minutes I understand the problem
2:41
Why does that man's face look as if it's photoshopped on his body?
Catch them and use them as a source of protein.
Unfortunately, that food source may be contaminated with all the chemicals used on them. It's hard to know how contaminated they are with how far they travel
Why don't you try them out and tell us what you think?
Bear grylls would be proud
exatly in southern africa it already is.
@@river6969us crunchy when roasted. good with stir fry.
Why can’t we use sound frequencies to destroy if not repel this locust attack? Find out the natural frequency of these insects’ shrieking and use the same frequency to create resonance phenomenon to explode these insects altogether.
@E V I don't think they are edible when swarming. Correct me but I heard they are poisonous at that stage.
Because it will be impossible to find a frequency for the locusts. There are multi millions of locusts who could each have their own frequencies. Not to mention building a device to do this is not practical for the locust swarms. Also not forgetting vibration dampen.
i dont think the current military/espionage tech can scale to the level of locust swarms without requiring absurdly more resources that affected countries cant afford.
African farmers use hummers: A string with a flat disc with a hole in the middle...They twirl it over their heads and it makes a vibrational sound which renders the locusts inactive...
How ? What is that frequency
Wait, China used to send ducks to Pakistan to combat locusts??!! Why isn't there a documentary made on that? That sounds like an awesome documentary! Ducks VS Locusts - a duel to the death!
Drones and helicopters used in India
Why don't you strap a turbine on a truck and use it as a giant vacuum as you drive through the swam, then you just mulch them all up and spit them out the back. Or use a more controlled version of that and turn them into fertilizer, for the same fields they're destroying.
Sounds like a fun GoFundMe project or such equivalent...
too spread out, too many
@@Pssst.ByTheWay just follow the swarm around. You obviously don't have to get them all, but they're so dense you could get a significant amount of them.
@@hellomynameishuman sounds like a scene from ghost busters. every one chasing swarms with back packs vacs
To the people who are saying the world is about to end: Humanity has been through much worse things over the years. The world had survived much worse things than what we're experiencing now. Also humanity before this generation has been through much worse things. Let's not forget about WW2 which was the deadliest war in history and has killed millions all over the world and brung this world to an apocalypse. Yet this world is still standing, and we are able to do things that people back then couldn't do. This year may be the one of the worst years of our lives ,but We have it so much better than previous generations of humanity. Plus we have to keep in mind that this world is not a perfect place and was never a perfect place to begin with. Let's not lose hope
I agree. It’s great to rationalize the reality rather than concluding to these extremes. While I believe in superstitions, and foretold prophecies, and overthink things, the truth is, we have no idea when and how the world will end. So enjoy it everyone :)
Now there is locust with covid19 and there singing hallelujah
This is heartbreaking
It seems like there would be some way to kill large numbers with a brief burst of electricity or flame. If they were just singed enough to become immobile, they could be collected at times for fertilizer or food for animals and people. Good luck to the people suffering from these locusts.
Can you eat locusts? Deep fried with a sauce.
IfU Kill like a bat but it caused a pandemic.
Alguien sabe de drones,se podria equipar a los drones con elices de aluminio y combatirlos?
Locust? I heard it's high protein, isn't it?
yup. tis good stuff. looks unfamiliar but good, easily dried hence 3rd world without fridges. good chow
because of the drought. you don't need 6 minutes to explain it. all my crops, fruits vegetables you name it, are full of insects eating them. it wasn't like this 20 years ago, im in europe. it will get worse and worse to my estimation
Cover all food plants with netting propped up on canes and pegged to the ground. That is how I successfully grow all our vegetables and some fruit trees in the back yard here in Melbourne Australia. There are plenty of insects around in the growing season but hardly any holes in plants due to netting. In winter I cover the netting with a clear tarp called Weathershield to keep out the cold, wind and excessive rain. All veggies are grown in raised beds.
Putting up enormous nets might help stop such a swarm traveling on. But all aspects of it must be designed..: it must have some system to connect the edge of one roll of netting to a next roll and that connects them tight enough for these critters to not be able to pass inbetween. Mere tie ribs won't do, can't be re-used but are one-way instead and are a polluting form of waste on their own - so we must for instance come up with some type of small click-thingy we can design that can be mounted and loosened again with a twist of the wrist - or, hand. Or a variant on the zipper might be an idea; we could even choose small rings on both sides if we can make them line up easily enough and if it is possible to slide a wire through them for connecting both sides of two rolls. Also the nets must be in as wide a roll as is handy, possibly with local transport also mattering at mwx 2½ - 3 meters wide, and we must come up with a system that allows mounting them real high, cause to stop a swarm weer might have to go with heights of 12,15,maybe even 20 meters. Maybe we can come up with aluminium strips, that can be stacked on top of each other, clicking the different lengths into each other like tent poles... maybe we can even make it so that the netting can slide into a groove on either side, and we can put up such an aluminum long 'stick' to keep those nets up every 4, 5, 6 roles of netting? We might also keep the aluminum vertical mounts UP with wires we run from the top on either side to the ground diagonally, as we know it from tents!) It must be industrially made, preferably from NON-polluting materials, and must be state-subsidised as way to finance them. It will take organised and massive efforts that asks for help from everybody to get them in place and mount all them. And then when a swarm might hit and get stuck behind such a long line of netting, shall we use fishing nets to scoop them up? We can't just put a flame thrower onto them, cause that would burn our nets away. If we want to use flame throwers, we would need metal 'NETTING'. There's a lot to think about and work out, and it 'should have been done by yesterday'! But I am convinced that of we truly want it, we are ingenious and powerful enough as humans of good spirits and will to find a way.. find a solution.. and get it done ! ! ! I have also thought of role of netting that are up to 20 meters wide all in one piece. In that case they would have to come folded. The pro would be that we can mount them between posts that are further away from one another, and 'bridge' bigger distances. In that design there would be a rope at the max height that the net hangs from and helps strengthen the net. If we could get away with placing a 'pole' every 20,but maybe even 40, 50 or 60 meters or so, these poles would have to be significantly stronger than in the lighter design idea presented above. In that case, it would be best to have the whole mounted a specialised crew with specialised equipment, such as a 'cherry picker' / scaffold truck / truck with an elevator platform or hoist (hard to find the right word for a layman)..!
Fry them with some vegetable oil and a pinch of salt. Great source of protein. I'm not even joking
problem is, they'd have ruined so much before they get into your frying pan
@E V Please don't be so mean and disgraceful to our African brothers and sisters; we are all human beings living on this earth.
@Ankit the name is korean i believe
Thems good fishing bait
thinking chickens and ducks strategically and nets fired over swarms holding them down to spray. Cheap hoop houses to use to grow some crops besides poultry. seems this is gone to far to eradicate but must be a way to do something...
Where do you plan to get nets that are 35 km wide
It didnt mention the locust swarm in Latin America that is still flying around.
We have angered the Gods. The reckoning is near.
Have mercy Father on your people and I hope everyone can be safe and well and live secure lives on their land may there be peace and happiness forever
I like this calm voice.
Being them here to Florida ( where plant are always Chemical pesticides sprayed every day
You know.. locusts are edible..
FRY THEM!
koko nana how come you're saying that while there's a friggin pandemic going on by a man who ate a bat?
I believe that a water soluble adhesive sprayed on the ground will stop them from moving and if sprayed in the air while they swarm their wings will stick together and they cant fly, then when it rains it goes away
Bummer!
Locusts respond to frequencies. These can be artificially created with other conditions..
*FBI wants to know your location*
When you mess with the perfectly calculated balance of nature then you should expect undesirable results. What happened to the birds which would make feasts of grasshopper eggs?
Duh it is 2020
Lol you're cute
Four horsemen of the apocalypse are next
locusts are food, so collect them, sell them and eat them.
Buckle like pigs and they caused the swine flu.
Damn. 2020 has been a horrible year. Plagues, locusts, economic downturn...
Mother Earth Strikes Back.
Mother Earth is an abusive parent.
This is happening in south America right now
Aqui joga inseticida de avião.. e tá acabando essa merda.
Seriously!
India too
@@tvbox4ktv770 gracas a deus
Use NETS....................50-100 foot tall....fine mesh strong tensile.........and catchers on the bottom........not so difficult with the right amount of funds. These could be walled for prevention.....a 2nd measure is domed nets for the farmers.
Mahdi: allow me to introduce myself
Obama ?
Obama ?
March 11, 2011 was also when the Tsunami came upon Japan.
They should make huge sandblasters on co2
Like that sault gun to kill flies with
China uses duck and chicken and it does work
My worst nightmare...
Those would be lifetime stock of feeder for my arowanas
Time to figure out how to utilize all of that free food which also happens to be very high in essential amino acids.
Humans: This is our planet
Covid:
Locust:
The misery of human condition...
if i remember correctly the next plague is darkness for three days then comes the death of the firstborn son ?
Not holding my breath.
Pray for East Africa 🇸🇴
Have 20 rigs 18 wheelers lined up no motors except for the first , with a 10 foot diameter PVC PLASTIC going through all of them , and on the last rig a 5 layer chicken wire screen to prevent locust from hitting fan blades , have a flatbed truck with 3 circular fans 10 feet in diameter , inside the last 20 feet of PVC pipe
Vertical farming controlled in greenhouses is the solution.
@cherry_mx_1989 not to mention, who's gonna pay?
Greenhouses you say? Really?
Only a hand full amount of crops can be grown using vertical farming
That requires a lot of investment 20x higher than current,
Most of the people in this countrys can't even afford modern agricultural machinery, so vetical farming is far far away from their reallity.
Thats somthing for rich countrys or citys.
Eat them!! World hunger solved
one of the worse famine struck areas of the world and they cry when God sends them a feast ..
Sounds like a great export opportunity. The western world is having a food crisis as well. No?
The worst crisis about western "food" is that it's genetically-modified.
no. Are you joking? You are looking at people who are in danger of starving to death and you're comparing your plight of more expensive hamburger with theirs? There is so much food in the West, they send 1/3 to landfills because it's not pretty enough. Food crisis. Yeah!
Plagues happen to those who deserve it. Full of corruption in those countries anyways
Just use greenhouses?
How about really big nets?
Wouldn't big "hoovers" help to "collect" (suck) the locusts? Just imagine these gadgets would get their electricity via solar cells? I am not an expert concerning ecology, but if these locusts were then "collected" couldn't they be used for some kind of "Proteinriegel" (German term) that locals can produce and sell? It would be just very loud to use this imaginary big hoover having tentacles flying trough the air to suck the locusts. But wouldn't it be an ecological way to get "rid" of the mass of locusts and to help farmers not only for their future but also as temporary business to get back their income? If locusts are eatable people can reduce at least some lack of food?
2020- welcome to the apocalypse!!!! 😂😂
It have reached Nepal.
U can't tell me that they can't kill those locusts ... I feel so bad for those ppl.
Did you get Scarlett Johansson to voice this over?
Lord Emortep has awoken... Eeemorrtep, Eeemorrrtep
They are in South America too now
time to make locust jerky.
Read the whole book of Joel. These nations are too low.
May God have Mercy on Africa.