Desert Locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) – A Global Threatening Transboundary Pest for Food Security

Abstract

In recent days, a virus COVID-19 is act as a global threat to human beings and causing great impact in changes of livelihood around the world. Under this condition, Indian farmers met with invasion of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujrat it produces breakup the chain in food security. Naturally, this pest is a polyphagous transboundary swarming nature and produced severe loss in agricultural crops. It feeds equivalent of their body weight 2g / locust per day and move 150 km / day. This upsurge occurred due to climatic changes and it’s favourable to this pest bred and swarming. Our government take over these situations, implementation of relief plan (PMFBY) monitored and controlled by Locusts warning organizations (LWO) through application of chemical pesticides (Malathion 5%) for balance to reclamation the farmer’s livelihood.