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Remember this swarm already numbered in the billions and multiplied by 20-100 every 3 months. By the beginning of this year, it has entered the Indian subcontinent. The situation was further compounded by the global lockdown because pesticides couldn& #39;t be moved.
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The @FAO has identified 3 hotspots — the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea, and...the Indian Subcontinent. As you read this thread, the superswarm has reached Maharashtra& #39;s Vidarbha. This is the region with most farmer suicides in India. What happens next is easy to guess.
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If this sounds apocalyptic, do recall the original trigger. What helped them hatch? Torrential rains where it shouldn& #39;t. What triggered that? The abnormally high IOD. why? Because melting icecaps. Should the trend continue, this may not be that anomalous anymore.
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