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DOI	10.3390/agronomy11030455
	Could Entomophagy Be an Effective Mitigation Measure in Desert Locust Management?
	Samejo, Ahmed Ali; Sultana, Riffat; Kumar, Santosh; Soomro, Samiullah
通讯作者	Sultana, R (corresponding author), Univ Sindh, Dept Zool, Jamshoro 75500, Pakistan.
来源期刊	AGRONOMY-BASEL
EISSN	2073-4395
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:3
英文摘要	The desert locust has been a notorious pest since ancient times. A population upsurge hit Pakistan in 2019 and caused tremendous damage to agriculture and livelihoods. To take advantage of this ongoing upsurge, we conducted a field study to verify whether locust collection could be an interesting control method to protect crops in the event of an invasion, as well as an accepted food resource for poor rural communities. A village in the Thar desertic region was selected as a type-locality. An awareness campaign was launched to promote the collection and consumption of locusts as well as to alert people of their nutritional value. Two large swarms arrived near the village and several other swarms affected places nearby. Around 3033 kg of locusts were collected through handpicking at night. Most of the locusts were eaten and, as a result, hoppers of the next generation did not emerge in the type-locality; however, hopper bands appeared in areas where entomophagy was not practiced. The study area had less locust activity because swarms could not lay eggs due to entomophagy by the villagers. The consumption of desert locusts could be an effective practice to prevent malnutrition and protein deficiency and, to a certain extent, an efficient mitigation measure to help local populations to better protect themselves and their crops against locust outbreaks. Collection and consumption of locusts should be encouraged while remaining realistic about its real impact on locust control. This should also be done in concert with local authorities to take into account the risks to human health and to avoid the consumption of insects treated with pesticides.
英文关键词	entomophagy malnutrition desert locust outbreak food insect
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000633212800001
WOS类目	Agronomy ; Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349393
作者单位	[Samejo, Ahmed Ali; Sultana, Riffat; Soomro, Samiullah] Univ Sindh, Dept Zool, Jamshoro 75500, Pakistan; [Kumar, Santosh] Cholistan Univ Vet & Anim Sci, Dept Zool, Bahawalpur 75500, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Samejo, Ahmed Ali,Sultana, Riffat,Kumar, Santosh,et al. Could Entomophagy Be an Effective Mitigation Measure in Desert Locust Management?[J],2021,11(3).
APA	Samejo, Ahmed Ali,Sultana, Riffat,Kumar, Santosh,&Soomro, Samiullah.(2021).Could Entomophagy Be an Effective Mitigation Measure in Desert Locust Management?.AGRONOMY-BASEL,11(3).
MLA	Samejo, Ahmed Ali,et al."Could Entomophagy Be an Effective Mitigation Measure in Desert Locust Management?".AGRONOMY-BASEL 11.3(2021).