Madagascar: FAO Warns of Locust Threat to Agriculture in the South West Region  · Global Voices
Lova Rakotomalala

On the blog of Organisation de la Presse Africaine, The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that $15 million USD is needed to mount a campaign on some 500,000 hectares of land threatened by locust plague [fr]. An average locust swarm consumes the equivalent amount of food as 2,500 people.