{"id":303507,"date":"2021-04-23T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=303507"},"modified":"2021-04-23T13:18:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:18:40","slug":"locust-outbreak-seen-as-an-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=303507","title":{"rendered":"Locust outbreak seen as an emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the recent outbreak of locusts on farms in the area of Grootfontein the Governor, James Unomasa Uerikua held an emergency meeting of the Otjozondjupa Disaster Risk Management Committee to devise ways of dealing with the emergency and to prevent further infestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Otjozondjupa Chief Agricultural Scientific Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Petrus Thiyemo, the outbreak in the region is currently contained, with only three cases reported so far, and the damage from all three outbreaks has been minimal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also in attendance was the Otjozondjupa Regional Council Chairperson Marlayn Mbakera, regional and constituency councillors, and representatives from different Government Offices, Ministries, and Agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Locust-outbreak-seen-as-an-emergency.jpeg\" alt=\"Locust outbreak emergency locusts farms Grootfontein Governor James Unomasa Uerikua\" class=\"wp-image-303508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Locust-outbreak-seen-as-an-emergency.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Locust-outbreak-seen-as-an-emergency.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Locust-outbreak-seen-as-an-emergency.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga \u00a0 Following the recent outbreak of locusts on farms in the area of Grootfontein the Governor, James Unomasa Uerikua held an emergency meeting of the Otjozondjupa Disaster Risk Management Committee to devise ways of dealing with the emergency and to prevent further infestation. \u00a0 According to the Otjozondjupa Chief Agricultural Scientific Officer in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":303508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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