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Hans Herren, winner of the World Food Prize: on Locusts

Dr Hans Herren, renowned entomologist, talks about controlling locusts with pheronomes

Winner of the 1995 World Food Prize, Dr Hans Herren talks about ICIPE's work with pheronomes on disrupting locusts' swarming to prevent crop devestation. Previously with IITA, Dr Herren is now Director General of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi. Plus, the LIFE project (Less Intensive Farming and the Environment) at Long Ashton in England.

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