Afghanistan is facing a locust apocalypse after the grasshoppers laid billions of eggs in the country’s breadbasket, raising fears that a plague of insects will devastate food supplies next year.
Swarms of Moroccan locusts described as the “bad boys” of the locust world because of their voracious appetite arrived in northern Afghanistan in March.
The United Nations warned that the insects, which devour more than 150 different plants, could destroy as much as 1.2 million metric tonnes of wheat.
The insects have left billions of eggs buried in the ground in a region known for being Afghanistan’s breadbasket. Billions of eggs are sitting in the ground.
This could create a major food crisis come May 2024, when the new generation of Moroccan locusts will begin to hatch.
In Afghanistan, a third of the population is already facing chronic hunger following three consecutive droughts, ongoing instability, and falling humanitarian aid.
“There is huge anxiety about where and how to get food for people in Afghanistan; around 15.3 million require urgent assistance,” said, Save the Children’s country director.
2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send diseases among my people;
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place
Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Read more at: Giving to the Hungry and Poor is Lending to God (transformedbythetruth.com)
Read more at: Billions of Locusts swarm eastern Africa (transformedbythetruth.com)
Read more at: World Faces Worst Global Rice Shortage Famine in Poor Countries (transformedbythetruth.com)
Read more at: Disappointing U.S. Harvest No Help to World Starvation (transformedbythetruth.com)
Click here to read more articles transformedbythetruth.com