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Swarm behaviour

Two people gather locusts from trees

This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed

March 24, 2021Environment

The Bug Picture has worked for the last six weeks in Kenya to pilot a program that pays farmers to collect locusts from their fields in exchange for cash.

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