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Locust situation may be improving in Ethiopia and Kenya
January, 2008
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Indonesia’s Cocoa Industry Fights Pests
February 27, 2007
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The government of Indonesia has chocolate on its mind. Across the cocoa plantations dotting this tropical
archipelago, farmers face a complicated problem—pests—and high-ranking government officials are taking notice.
Formed to address the issue, a stakeholder-driven Cocoa Stability Partnership is casting ripples stretching
as far as U.S. shores.
“The Government of Indonesia is working hard to protect our cocoa industry,” said
Ambassador Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, Indonesia’s top representative in the United States.
“And together with the aid we are receiving from the U.S. and others, we can help these farmers through the CSP.”
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Locust situation may be improving in Ethiopia and Kenya As a result of control operations and a lack of rains, recent reports suggest that the Desert Locust situation may be improving in Ethiopia and Kenya. Vegetation has dried out in most areas because no significant rains have fallen since early December, and locust infestations are declining.
Ground and aerial control operations have been carried out against hopper band and swarm infestations in northeast Kenya (Mandera and Moyale districts) and in southeast Ethiopia (Moyale and north of the Dawa River). Currently, few infestations are thought to remain in these areas. Operations are currently in progress in the Gore region in eastern Ethiopia against immature swarms that are present in irrigated crops along the Shebele River. These operations should finish in a few days.
more to come .....