PPO Looking Out for Desert Locust Swarms

In the current fiscal year (started March 21), the desert locust was first spotted in the south of the country on March 24 and the pest has so far been battled over an area of 6,000 hectares.
“Locusts have been battled on 3,500 hectares in Khuzestan Province, 1,600 hectares in Bushehr Province and 400 hectares in the western province of Ilam,” Masoud Latifian, an official with Plant Protection Organization of Iran, was quoted as saying by ILNA.
The official noted that PPO’s experts in 10 southern provinces are on the lookout for the pest.