Desert Locust Plagues Controlling the Ancient Scourge

About this book

For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts. Some 50 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 grazing, widespread hunger and starvation ensued. Colin Everard's book takes as its geographical focus the Horn of Africa, an area which throughout history has suffered catastrophically from locust plagues. Based on his own extensive experience in the region, Everard describes one of the greatest (albeit unsung) triumphs of the 20th century, namely, how the desert locust scourge has, at last, been virtually brought under control.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Robert A. Cheke, (National Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK)
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. An Uninvited Christmas Visitor
2. Luk Haiyah
3 The Locust Life
4. The Ogaden
5. Stones
6. The Tip of the Horn of Africa
7. A Change of Aircraft

Epilogue: Controlling the Desert Locust – the Situation In 2018. Progress and Problems
Afterword
Appendix
Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Colin Everard has worked for over forty years with developing countries as a technical cooperation practitioner. His contribution to the development of safe civil aviation has been widely recognised and he is a recipient of the Gold Award of the International Civil Aviation Organization. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. He lives in Vienna.