Pests move to cold areas as climate crisis worsens rop destroyers

Desert Locusts invasion in Meru County [David Gichuru, Standard]

Ravenous pests are on the march to colder regions, as climate change lures crop eaters to new territories, threatening jobs and exacerbating world hunger, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

From fall armyworms to desert locusts, the pests mostly menace crops in hot countries, but the rise in world temperatures is now fanning their expansion, the UN said, with all the risks that entails for farmers and their families.