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Madagascar: In the fight for control of Madagascar's fields, farmers and the United Nations declared a partial victory this week, after pushing back a plague of locusts threatening to ravage the livelihoods of 13 million people.
Annie Monard, coordinator of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation's response to the insects, said the agency helped mobilise three helicopters and a plane to combat an infestation on more than 1.2 million hectares of land.
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