Egypt under siege from locusts - 2 teams deployed to Cairo Airport

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Egypt under siege "locusts" .. And "agriculture" is preparing defensive lines at the border after attacking strategic locations .. And "peasants" calls on the armed forces to intervene .. And agricultural experts: 13 squadron coming threaten crops
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 16:43

Swarms spread in the sky of Egypt
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Agencies continue to agricultural pest control of the Ministry of Agriculture, tracking locust populations coming from the Red Sea Governorate, bound northward parallel to the sea coast via the town of Hurghada, and Ain Sukhna then to the area of Fifth Avenue and Nasr City and Heliopolis, Inspiration daffodils, and Katameya new, the airport and all over the country during moments Current, to deal with it and exterminate after spotted devices control several squadrons arriving to some areas of Cairo, and expectations invaded 13 squadron omnipotent today. For his part, Salah Moawad, head of services and follow-up, that the ministry had received this morning, a report from the airport authorities in Cairo, According to the existence of some locust populations in the airstrip, and immediately moved organs of the Ministry of Agriculture and with two teams from Locust, for fear of increasing numbers that could lead to stop air traffic, pointing out that it has been dealt with because congregations scattered, and headed on its way to Ismailia. called Mohammed Abdul Qader, Captain peasants, armed forces increased the number of planes spraying to control locusts which prevails throughout the country and threatens to destroy the crops. turn, Dr. Nader Noureddin, professor of agricultural resources at Cairo University, on the arrival of swarms locusts to the province of Cairo and Giza within hours what did not succeed control teams in resistance and eliminate them 3 swarms of locusts coming from Halaib and Shalatin, heading to Cairo Squadron per its 40 million locusts, in addition to 10 swarms coming from the Sudanese border able to fly long distances in a short time. warned professor of agricultural resources, the arrival of swarms to provinces Valley and Delta, because its arrival means the elimination of wheat, alfalfa, beans, lentils, sugar beet, vegetables and fruit, which will cause heavy losses in the agricultural sector. In a related context, still committees work Locust deployed on the border lines of defense, After attacking strategic locations such as the airport, in addition to monitoring swarms coming from the south and continued monitoring, exploration and control areas Eastern Desert South to the Egyptian border - Sudanese. was a report issued the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations "FAO" has described the swarms as a threat to Egypt, Zakir that the situation is likely to be hazardous with the possibility of transmission of locusts to places inside the Egyptian border. while continuing committees control in their work, to resist the large number of swarms border areas, especially areas Khor Abu Spirh Valley fovea and the new friendship east Kima (mountainous area), While continuing the committees formed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture Directorate provinces south in follow-up to the resistance of the swarms coming to areas Hadderbh and Abu Ramad Eastern Desert South on the Egyptian border, and was able to eliminate some swarms coming from areas north-east of Sudan, in addition to the continuation of the struggle in the Wadi fovea - Valley Ebadi - Wadi Abu Spirh (Khor Abu Spirh) and Allagui cabled and gatherings dispersed border areas desert adjacent to Qena and Aswan, with continued rest committees in monitoring, exploration and control areas of Marsa Alam and Wadi Qena, Hamata and Shalatin, with the intensification of all efforts during the current period to control the situation. Related topics .. move swarms of Safaga to Qena Zayed: strong preparations to face the "locusts" official Balqlliopip : crop insurance outside the center of attack swarms traders: locusts did not attack transit market products .. The official: ready for combat "agriculture": locusts leave the airport heading to Ismailia and attacking market transit "agricultural experts": monitor 13 squadron lobster way to Cairo threatens crops sources: "presidential" consider establishing a regional fund to finance the fight against locusts and the Ministry of Agriculture: Locust enters Cairo airport .. And two teams to fight it

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Re: Egypt under siege from locusts - 2 teams deployed to Cairo Airport

Egyptian MoAg says that the swarms are now heading for Saudi Arabia.

Machine translation of original article:


"Grad at 12 km heading to Saudi Arabia

03 March 2013

Way - pointed head of the follow-up and services ministry of agriculture of Egypt, Dr. Salah Moawad that organs of the Ministry of Agriculture are at night to fight it and spotted swarms him in Aswan Governorate maximum south of Egypt, and the other in different areas, a desert coming from the north-east of the Sudan, to breed in summer, and arrived to Egypt and East coasts, and began to cross the Red Sea in the east to Saudi Arabia "in the normal process for spring breeding," he said.

In the absence of rain new Vstthrk swarms more inward to reflect the Red Sea in the east, according to Egyptian experts checked the "Arab. Net" statements, and some of them explained that the siege of insect and vermin Osrabha is through more than 65 of the Commission deployed in the Eastern Desert South in coordination with the Department of Agriculture, As with the Ministry of Defence, which has allocated two spray cautionary.

Although the work of control and survey managed to eliminate nearly 80% of desert locust swarms that attacked territory of Sudan since November last year, but the insect's rate length 8 centimeters and speed of 12 kilometers on average per hour, still visibly millions, and went to the Hurghada province, and millions now flying towards Saudi Arabia. "