Russia and Kazakhstan will fight locusts together
Or, as in the old days such an invasion was called “green fire”.
The ministries of agriculture of the two countries are participating in a video conference on the international meeting on pest surveillance, which took part in our region.
Practically harmless alone, united in such bands, the locust becomes referred to as a formidable disaster. Her raid is mentioned in the Bible as one of the Egyptian plagues. The last time the Altai Territory managed to survive the summer of 2000.
The head of the region, Alexander Surikov, then before the manifestation of the essence of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexei Gordeev and presidential envoy Leonid Drachevsky, about the problems of natural phenomena. These are areas bordering on Kazakhstan: Tretyakovskiy, Loktevsky, Rubtsovsky, Uglovsky, Mikhailovsky, Klyuchevsky, Kulundinsky, Slavgorodsky, Tabunsky, Burlinsky. A total of ten centuries.
The natural focus is still showing up. And this is what happens if you interrupt the chemical treatment with an insecticide. A local outbreak occurred in the Kulunda region.
Representative of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture Roman Nekrasov and his colleague from Kazakhstan Almabek Mars are on videoconference. A very alarming forecast for this summer from the Altai Territory.
In a probable year, experts talk about a possible set and harmfulness as a result of overwintering favorable conditions. Under favorable weather conditions of the spring-summer period, the forecast of this period, foci may occur with a high probability.
Alexander LukyanovDeputy Parliament of the Altai Territory
About 49,000 hectares in border banks could be dangerous, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture. In the Altai Territory, the area with hopeful locust larvae has increased by 18% since 2020, with the most dangerous Italian locust growing by 5%.
According to the obligation with locusts in the budget, the regions reserve from 3.5 to 5 million rubles. There is also a federal reserve of 890 liters of insecticide per 12,000 hectares. Other preparations against locusts will be enough for another 9,000 hectares. Experts believe that this is enough to prevent the “green fire” in 2000 from happening again.