pakistan locust attack

Pakistan PM Imran Khan decides to battle locusts by turning them into chicken feed

Amid the rising locust threat in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday backed an idea for dealing with the locust threat in the country under which the government would provide financial incentives to the people for catching locusts and then selling these insects to poultry farmers who could use them as poultry feed. The Pakistani prime minister endorsed the proposal while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet.

Jun 10, 2020, 12:51 PM IST

China to send 'army' of one lakh ducks to help Pakistan fight locusts

China is planning to dispatch a 100,000-strong army of ducks to help Pakistan combat a massive locust infestation, a local newspaper reported Thursday.

Feb 27, 2020, 15:02 PM IST