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Farmers in Mbeere harvest crops at night to beat locusts

A swarm of locusts that invaded farms in Mbeere South constituency in Embu County at the weekend. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Farmers in Embu are racing against time to harvest their crops after locusts were sighted in the area.

Anxious residents of Kiambere Ward, Mbeere South Constituency, have started harvesting their crops, especially at night, after a swarm of desert locusts landed in the area Friday evening.

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