Living la vida locust: startup turns pest into protein and profit in Kenya
A project is making animal feed and fertiliser from the surging swarms breeding misery in East Africa
22 February 2021 - 20:31
Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but startup The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the hopeless” whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by the insects...
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