Hemadri Bag*

Dept. of Agrometeorology, School of Agriculture, GIET University, Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha (765 022), India

Lopamudra Bhoi

Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Agriculture, GIET University, Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha (765 022), India

DOI: NIL

Keywords: FAO, IOD, Locust, Serious risk

Abstract

Locusts are migratory, trans-boundary pests. Wet conditions can cause further worse locust outbreaks worst case scenario, they can destroy the livelihoods of one-tenth of the world’s population, according to the FAO. As per the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), these locust attacks are going to intensify with rains. The United Nations has warned that this year, India’s farmers are at a “serious risk” from locusts swarms. As greenhouse gases continue to warm up the ocean and the atmosphere, extreme events caused by the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are predicted to be increasingly common place.

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