Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'FAO'

The Insects Cannot Hold

October 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The fact the map above is entirely green-and-white attests to the success of one of modern history’s great international projects: the FAO‘s Locust Watch. When the project started in 1979, the ravenous critters were a regular menace from Mali to eastern India, in large part because of a lack of information flow—countries were seldom aware […]

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