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Malathion being speedily shipped by Chinese companies to Africa for control of locust infestation
Feb. 20, 2020
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ChinaThe U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said that the Horn of Africa is a severely hit region, where Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia suffered the worst locust infestation in the past 25 years, whilst Kenya is experiencing its worst locust infestation in 70 years. At present, a report stated that locusts in the Horn of Africa are still breeding, which will form new locust swarms in March and April. Therefore, a further locust infestation in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya is expected.
According to the report, in Ethiopia, the food shortage situation of the over 22 million people will worsen with the locust infestation. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the country, some 65,000 hectares of crops have been affected. The Ethiopian government is calling for strengthened regional and international cooperation to contain the locust infestation and curtail its spread to more countries.
The locust plague has further exacerbated the food security problem in Djibouti. Of the more than 1 million people in this small country in East Africa, 280,000 people are facing a famine. More than 80% of the country's 1,700 farms and pastures have been invaded by locusts.
Uganda's Intergovernmental Authority on Development said that a locust swarm with a length of 60km and a width of 40km has formed in Uganda, which can travel up to 150km a day.
The spread of the locust swarm will boost the demand for insecticides. At present, the ideal way to control locusts is killing the locust in its egg stage. The main insecticide varieties for application include pyrethroids (such as deltamethrin and cypermethrin), organophosphorus pesticides (such as malathion and dichlorvos), insect growth regulators (such as flufenoxuron) and mixtures (such as Kuaishaling). In addition, chlorpyrifos will not cause resistance, and can also be used to control the spread of the locusts.
According to AgroPages, as a prime Chinese Malathion manufacturer and marketing company, Luba Chemical, already readied reserves of the product at the end of 2019. At this moment, Luba Chemical has received a lot of purchase orders from Africa. Through its partners in Africa, the company is currently exporting its Malathion products to the local market.
Person in charge of Luba’s export told us, Malathion ULV and EC formulations can be sprayed through an aircraft, which is an effective prevention and control method for large areas of the locust swarm. While organizing exports in normal business mode, Luba Chemical has initiated communication with the local governments of Africa to arrange emergency shipments to certain countries or regions in a manner of government procurement support.
Source: AgroNews
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