马达加斯加爆发严重蝗灾
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px][b]A severe plague of locusts has infested about half of Madagascar, threatening crops and raising concerns about food shortages, a UN agency says. [/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px][b]联合国某机构表示，一场严重蝗灾袭击了马达加斯加半数地区，威胁到作物生长、引起食物短缺之忧。[/b][/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#00ff]The locust plague is described as the worst to hit Madagascar since the 1950s[/color]
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[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]The UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said billions of the plant-devouring insects could cause hunger for 60% of the [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/92275.html]population[/url]. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]About $22m was urgently needed to fight the plague in a country where many people are poor, the FAO added. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]It was the worst plague to hit the island since the 1950s, the FAO said. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]FAO locust control expert Annie Monard told BBC Focus on Africa the plague posed a major threat to the Indian Ocean island.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px][b]'Generation of locusts'[/b][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]"The last one was in the 1950s and it had a duration of 17 years so if nothing is done it can last for five to 10 years, depending on the conditions," she said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]"Currently, about half the country is infested by hoppers and flying swarms - each swarm made up of billions of plant-devouring [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/92275.html]insects[/url]," the FAO said in a statement. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]"FAO estimates that about two-thirds of the island country will be affected by the locust plague by September 2013 if no action is taken."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]It said it needed donors to give more than $22m in emergency funding by June so that a full-scale spraying campaign could be launched to fight the plague. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]The plague threatened pasture for livestock and rice crops - the main staple in Madagascar, the FAO said. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]"Nearly 60% of the island's more than 22m people could be threatened by a significant worsening of hunger in a country that already had extremely high rates of food insecurity and [b]malnutrition（营养不良）[/b]," it added. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]An estimated 85% of people in Madagascar, which has a population of more than 22 million, live on less than a dollar a day.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]The Locust Control Centre in [url=http://www.enread.com/news/politics/92275.html]Madagascar[/url] had treated 30,000 hectares of farmland since last October, but a cyclone in February made the situation worse, the FAO said. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=tahoma, Helvetica, arial][size=14px]The cyclone not only damaged crops but created "optimal conditions for one more generation of locusts to breed", it added.[/size][/font][/color]
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