Africa: The First Fossil Thrips in Africa – This Tiny Insect Pest Met Its End in a Volcanic Lake 90 Million Years Ago: [The Conversation Africa] Thrips are tiny insects – their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that in Indonesia “the damage to red chilli plants caused by thrips infestation ranges now from 20% to 80%”. In India, various thrips infestations in the late 2010s and early 2020s “damaged 40%-85% of chilli pepper crops in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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Africa: Covid-19 – How Did Africa Defy the Odds With Fewer Deaths?: [Thomson Reuters Foundation] The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn’t happen. Why? – AllAfrica News: Africa
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