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Locust Swarm Spreads into Russia
ROME (AP) - Locusts that have covered up to 22 million acres in Kazakstan
have spread into Russia, infesting some regions for the first time since the
1920s, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday.
The locusts are thriving on land left fallow because of the poor economic
conditions in the former Soviet republics, the Rome-based FAO said. In almost
all regions, authorities lack the pesticides and other resources to check the
swarms, the FAO said.
The locusts have laid eggs on up to 22 million acres in Kazakstan, posing a
major threat to next year's crops in that country and surrounding ones.
Swarms have spread across the border into Russia, covering more than 2.47
million acres, the FAO said.
The grain harvest this year in Russia already is expected to fall short of
local needs. The locust infestations could aggravate an ``extremely tight''
grain supply next year, the U.N. agency said.
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