A huge Locust attack in Afghanistan threatens crop production in the Northern parts of the country

Image Source by GOOGLE

[{"selector":"#anim-da4ac729-2f71-4882-b63b-5ad26ed4a095 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-3.552713678800501e-15%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-94371bcc-8f78-434e-996d-d4713f9b4ba9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b53b8755-f482-4d15-bcf0-8eecb8a90954","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE The outbreak threatens to damage almost a quarter of the entire country’s wheat harvest as per sources

[{"selector":"#anim-d828d0c3-9474-4083-8f7c-2a5f0140a20b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5d7556df-6b8e-4b02-b45e-bd3d25971fe1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-55174647-cf6b-4e10-bcfb-e850c820bfca","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE After a gap of almost 3 years of drought, the harvest this year was somewhat satisfactory to an extent

[{"selector":"#anim-0ed6c1c9-898c-405f-bdd0-cf33c0981340 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(22.386291779926793%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7eb5b782-0bf7-4eb1-96b0-024cc75dcd9c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7b63b5e6-5deb-4328-b866-926524f47280","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE The Locust attack puts more than 25 million citizens of Afghanistan at risk of dreadful famine in the last 25 years

[{"selector":"#anim-2882747d-5057-408c-a1ee-02e9154c4ff6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.610232948422837%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-be014cb4-23f1-4ba8-9f35-fc7f8ec96231","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7c4049c8-6fa9-442a-b113-7d9f96e6d267","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE FAO estimates that a full outbreak of the Moroccan locust, one of the most economically damaging plant pests

[{"selector":"#anim-e2b2ff7b-6449-4d61-80ca-f34b24348ed2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.992093086368698%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-118e6fc7-df63-4057-a28b-4fdccbe4daf0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2dd3b651-0e4c-4e65-8b0e-c0c9eb4f5097","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE It can result in crop losses of between 700,000 and 1.2m tonnes of wheat, the country’s staple grain

[{"selector":"#anim-085ddf0b-e44a-44c1-9f62-47b9621f26ff [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-11.00662809053248%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9bab1e3-6af0-4704-b9e4-704636fbb44f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f875b94f-3310-499b-a0df-96b7e05a6891","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE Compounding the deep economic crisis that gripped Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021

[{"selector":"#anim-09cd10da-dc3d-471f-8ae6-c4f03441e1a4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-4.208435910381127%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5d93f912-6dee-4b72-bf8e-62b928808dba","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-46417d8e-aa52-4510-9851-8d8e4a50746d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image Source by GOOGLE Afghanistan has had two brushes with the Moroccan locust in recent history, one in 1981 and the other in 2003

Thank you for watching our ~ STORY ~

[{"selector":"#anim-21b533ff-4e9a-4f55-a85b-7cf1ecc25168 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, -0.00008859223354207302%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] For visiting our next story, please .. [ Click Below ] Next Story

A huge Locust attack in Afghanistan threatens crop production in the Northern parts of the country

Thank you for watching our ~ STORY ~

If you LIKE it, please SHARE it from top right