Cyril Ferrand Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/cyril-ferrand/ The low down on African affairs Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cyril Ferrand Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/cyril-ferrand/ 32 32 Lockdown hampers fight against locust swarms in East Africa https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/lockdown-hampers-fight-against-locust-swarms-in-east-africa/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/lockdown-hampers-fight-against-locust-swarms-in-east-africa/ The United Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that flight restrictions imposed by the lockdown against the COVID 19 pandemic are hampering the fight against the desert locust infestation in East Africa and the Horn. The FAO says pesticides deliveries to those fighting the pests are being delayed. Secretary General of  the regional organisation IGAD Workneh […]

The post Lockdown hampers fight against locust swarms in East Africa appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.

]]> The United Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that flight restrictions imposed by the lockdown against the COVID 19 pandemic are hampering the fight against the desert locust infestation in East Africa and the Horn.

The FAO says pesticides deliveries to those fighting the pests are being delayed.

Secretary General of  the regional organisation IGAD Workneh Gebeyehu says they’ve been caught between the hammer and anvil.

The lockdown to-stem the COVID 19 pandemic comes at the crunch time for their fight against the desert locus swarms.

Head of Resilience at the Food and Agriculture Organisation Cyril Ferrand says the locusts are endangering the food security of more than 25 million people. 

This morning figures show COVID19 has infected nearly 8 000 people in Africa and killed 334.

The post Lockdown hampers fight against locust swarms in East Africa appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.

]]>