Bolivia declares emergency over locust plague

Bolivia has declared a state of emergency to fight a plague of locusts that is decimating crops in the countryÕs agricultural heartland

SOUTH AMERICAN LOCUST Schistocerca cancellata

Contingency plan includes $700,000 in additional funds for fumigation

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PACIFIC OCEAN

PERU

C H I L E

A M A Z O N  B A S I N

B O L I V I A

La Paz

Cochabamba

Sucre

Potosi

A N D E S

BRAZIL

Breadbasket region

Santa Cruz

Cabezas

A R G E N T I N A 

200km 125 miles

PARAGUAY

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SOUTH AMERICA

Bolivia

Range of South American locust

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Locusts have destroyed over 1,000 hectares of agricultural land and are nearing Santa Cruz region, which supplies more than 80% of BoliviaÕs food

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Sources: FAO, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentarias de Argentina 

Picture: SENASA

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