A Plague of Locusts [Special Report] JULY 1990 / AFRICA

[Special Report] A Plague of Locusts / JULY 1990. 

Quarto size. (26 x 20cm) Yellow wrappers 130pp. Illustrated with maps and charts. Near Fine. 

Several major species of locusts as well as significant populations of various grasshoppers simultaneously threatened Africa for the first time in 50  years with outbreaks from 1985 through 1989. To many, especially the general public, the upsurges were a major threat to that continent’s already precarious food security. US Congress played a role throughout the insect upsurges, appropriating special funds for disaster assistance.