Desert locust plagues : controlling the ancient scourge /

"For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts. Some fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia have been ravaged, at one time or another, by huge, devouring swarms of locusts. With the consequent, often total, destruction of crops and gra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Everard, Colin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.
Temas:
Locusts > Control > Horn of Africa.
Locusts > Horn of Africa.
Sauterelles > Lutte contre > Corne de l'Afrique.
Sauterelles > Corne de l'Afrique.
African history.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Locusts
Locusts > Control
Africa > Horn of Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of IllustrationsForeword by Professor Robert A. Cheke AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. An Uninvited Christmas Visitor2. Luk Haiyah3 The Locust Life 4. The Ogaden 5. Stones6. The Tip of the Horn of Africa 7. A Change of Aircraft Epilogue: Controlling the Desert Locust
  • the Situation In 2018. Progress and ProblemsAfterwordAppendixIndex.

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