The UN Food and Agricultural Organization notified the Ministry of Agriculture that more locust swarms were spotted this morning.
The Ministry of Agriculture's plant protection service is on alert to monitor locust swarms heading from North Africa toward the Mediterranean basin. Scores of locusts have already landed along Israel's coast.
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a UN agency based in Rome, notified the Ministry of Agriculture that more locust swarms were spotted this morning heading toward Cyprus. On the basis of the new information, the plant protection services is in continuous contact with the Israel Meteorological Service for information on wind direction and to ascertain whether there is a risk of more locusts arriving in Israel.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on November 4, 2004