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China to fight locust threat
(crienglish.com)
Updated: 2005-06-23 15:58 A team of specialists for
pests control was mobilized to clear locusts that have plagued over the
wasteland in East China's Shandong province.
The 2,500-member team was divided into 55 groups spreading around counties
near the mouth of the Yellow River.
The provincial agriculture authority said on Wednesday that they were on high
alert to any possible locust attack.
They have deployed two crop-dusting planes to spray insecticide in the
locust-hatching area since June 16.
The Agriculture Ministry warned in May that this year could be a tough time
for pest control, as the locusts were predicted to affect 26.6 million hectares
of land nationwide.
Shangdong, important base for China's grain production, have been suffering
locust attacks for six summers since 2000.
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