Following a locusts attack on crops in Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has said Malawi must not worry as government is amidst various strategies to ensure the country is safe.

The Ministry’s spokesperson Priscilla Mateyu told The Nation newspapers about the above, which is an assurance as farmers are busy in the fields, preparing for maize, tobacco and more cash crops.

The locusts, by the millions, are attacking crop across Africa; as this marks the worst outbreak some regions have seen in 70 year. Meanwhile, researchers say the explosion in population is another effect of a changing climate. “The swarms of desert locusts hang like shimmering dark clouds on the horizon as they strip the countryside in what are already some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, including Somalia.” reports thenational.ae