Countries devastated by desert locusts in East Africa have begun trials on the effectiveness of a bio-control pesticide against the hoppers even as the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that bigger swarms are gaining momentum in one of the worst infestations in the region yet.
The FAO has started trials of the fungi-based bio-control called Metharizium acridum, known by brand name Green Muscle, in parts of Kenya, and Ethiopia. Somalia, which previously did not have any control efforts, already started using the bio-control pesticide last.
