The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking an additional Sh4.3 billion to help combat the locust menace in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen.
Farmers in the four countries are staring at crop and dairy losses due to an upsurge in locust attacks as funding for aerial spraying and monitoring dries up in March. The UN agency said additional financing for fuel, airtime and pilot hours is needed for the 28 anti-locust aircraft, which are currently in operation.
