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Collecting Plague Locusts For Animal Feed

 
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I saw this on the BBC this morning. A small scale local project getting people in affected areas to collect the locusts to crush, dry and make into a high protein animal feed. Small scale so far, but they are paying people a meaningful amount to collect these bugs that are destroying their crops.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-56187046
 
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