DALRRD's failure to combat locust plague might lead to farmers' financial distress and job losses georgeherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from georgeherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has made an urgent appeal to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to scale up its locust combatting efforts to better mitigate the impact of the ongoing invasion of veld and farmland by bands of wingless nymphs that have been reported over a wide area in the vicinity of Vosburg, Van Wyksvlei, Prieska, Marydale and Hopetown. This comes as district locust officers and workers struggle to contain the growing outbreak due to a number of challenges related to the programme.
An ongoing locust invasion of veld and farmland in South Africa, by bands of wingless nymphs, is wreaking havoc on a wide area in the vicinity of Vosburg,
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