The locust invasion could have been predicted, but now farmers are refusing to fight it because the harvest "burned out."

Predicting the emergence of locusts and forecasting their spread in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions was possible if egg-laying was monitored. This was stated by Serhiy Kornyushenko, the manager for the development of agricultural technologies in the Southern region of LNZ Group, in a comment to SuperAgronom.com. The climate has changed, prolonged drought has contributed to the spread of locusts, but their emergence and directions of spread could be predicted by monitoring egg-laying and controlling the beginning of migration. "Let's say, no such monitoring was carried out, mainly due to the military actions, as the locusts spread from the frontline regions. Now, fighting locusts is very difficult, requiring comprehensive measures. Previously, about 20 years ago, when there was an outbreak of locust spread in the Donetsk region, aviation was used for quick response. Unfortunately, now aviation is not available due to, again, military actions, which complicates the fight ...