Ancient Critters Threaten Food Supply In Kenya
Locust invasion threatening food security in high value food basket regions. Isabel Mberia points to maize plants on her farm in Tigania in eastern Kenya s Meru county.
The early morning air is filled with a muffled, buzzing cracking sound.
Instead of the usual green that one expects to see, her plants are filled with the yellow-brownish color of locusts that are munching on leaves and cobs of the growing maize. When Kenya was hit by locusts last year, we were spared. They didn t reach here, but this year-round we woke up one morning and one could barely see the sun, Mberia, 61, told Anadolu Agency. There were millions of locusts everywhere. Some people in the market said they were just migrating but they are still here eating everything.
Music at Home: Behind the British Invasion
Music at Home: Behind the British Invasion
10 classic songs by black artists that were covered by British Invasion bands, from the Beatles to the Stones
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When the British Invasion arrived in America in the mid-1960s, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and other bands introduced songs like “Little Red Rooster” and “Road Runner” to American teenagers who assumed they were originals. In fact, those bands’ catalogs were full of American R&B and blues classics from years in the past, originally written and recorded by black musicians such as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley, and others. Singers like John Lennon and Mick Jagger took more interest in this music than many listeners had at the time, covering classic songs that had been largely ignored by white Americans in the previous decade. While some of the artists they covered benefited from the publicity boost, others remain
Kenya s farmers face threat of new locust swarms
While Kenya is having some success fighting desert locust swarms, farmers in the north and center of the country face huge losses from ongoing waves of locust swarms.
Some crops are growing scarce in Kenya due to the ongoing locust plague
Seventy-year-old Isabella Karoki has never witnessed such a devastating invasion of desert locusts. I have lost everything. What do you expect me to eat? said Karoki, who lives in central Kenya, an agricultural region known for its rich volcanic soils and moderate rainfall.
Farmers like Karoki usually see the rains as a blessing.