PICTORIAL: Spraying of locusts in Karamoja region
AMUDAT – The UPDF Maj Winston Agaba has on Monday, March 2 led a team of 146 UPDF personnel at ...
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Agriculture ministry demands more Shs16b to fight locusts
An officer spraying desert locusts in Amudat (PHOTO/File). KAMPALA - The Ministry of Agriculture has asked for another Shs16 billion ...
Uganda faces massive locust outbreak should latest eggs hatch- Experts warn
The swarms of locusts continue to spread to other districts in the region and laying of eggs is expected to ...
Stop locusts now or pay much more to help people later – World Food Programme warns
Spraying of desert locusts in Amudat (PHOTO/Courtesy) KAMPALA - It will be vastly more cost-effective to support the Food and ...
Chemical spraying to begin as locusts spread across Karamoja
The government delivered to Karamoja 18,000 litres of cypermethrin and another 18,000 litres of Chlorpyrifos to spray the locusts (PHOTO/File) ...
UPDF join in as fight against Desert locusts starts
Pesticides arrive at kololo for airlifting to Karamoja for locust control (PHOTO/Courtesy) AMUDAT - The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) ...
Spraying locusts is a silly idea – former govt spy
Lt. Col. Ezra Byaruhanga confirmed entering of locusts to Uganda through Amudat (PHOTO/Courtesy). KAMPALA - Former intelligence operative Charles Rwomushana ...
Govt releases UGX15b to fight locusts
A locust invasion in Kenya has left crops devastated. Uganda also has higher chances of locust-invasion. (PHOTO/File). KAMPALA - A ...
FAO appeals for urgent support to fight worsening Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa
The locust outbreak is the worst to strike Ethiopia and Somalia for 25 years and the worst infestation that Kenya ...
Alarm over Desert Locusts increases as new generation of the destructive pests starts breeding in Horn of Africa
FAOwarns of unprecedented threat to food security & livelihoods. The potential for destruction is enormous (PHOTO/File) KAMPALA - The UN ...
