Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 574

On the fifth day after these Metarhizium anisopliae powders were sprayed in large quantities, Wang Lu also personally verified the effectiveness of these Metarhizium anisopliae bacteria.

After all, without any control measures, those desert locusts would be able to hatch and break out of the ground in a few days.

Parker, still holding the dagger, dug out a locust egg-laying hole in the soil of the pasture near the living area in front of Wang Lu, and easily dug out the locust eggs from the ground. .

But this time, the locust eggs that Wang Lu saw were different from the last time.

The originally light yellow locust eggs have all turned into a gray-green appearance, and they are no longer plump as before and have become extremely shriveled.

"Oh boss, it seems that these locust eggs have been successfully infected by Metarhizium anisopliae and become nutrients for those fungi!"

Parker also said in surprise.

Then this guy continued to dig up several more locust eggs, but the result was the same. Under the high-density sowing of Metarhizium anisopliae, these locust eggs had no chance of surviving.

These locust eggs are simply the natural parasitic hosts of the Metarhizium anisopliae spores. After the Metarhizium anisopliae spores fall to the ground, they will naturally find these locust eggs without too much intervention.

Wang Lu was quite satisfied with this result, but he still very cautiously asked the veterans to start random sampling of large areas in the pasture to check the killing effect of Metarhizium anisopliae on locust eggs.

After a whole day of investigation, the news reported by the veterans is also exciting.

The veterans who had been running around for a day unearthed thousands of locust eggs in total, and the infection rate of Metarhizium anisopliae reached over 90.00%!
In this way, even if the hidden dangers left by the desert locusts that had been raging in the pasture for four or five days were completely eliminated, Wang Lu was officially relieved.

But the impact of this locust plague is far from over.

At least relative to the local area.

During this locust plague, the local agriculture in the entire area near Arusha was almost destroyed. All crops grown on a large scale were eaten away, and no one survived.

There is no doubt that in a while, the local people will probably experience food shortages caused by a locust plague.

If this were in China, I'm afraid it wouldn't be a big deal at all.

After all, China has a vast territory and abundant resources, and if one side is in trouble and supported by all sides, it will never allow famine to happen again.

But in places with backward economic development, it is different.

When it comes to controlling those locust eggs, the local area is already stretched thin, and even when it comes to mobilizing chemical pesticides to kill those underground locust eggs, it is somewhat unable to do so.

Such a large country was unable to collect pesticides to prevent the desert locusts from invading again...
It is said that China finally settled this matter by urgently dispatching a batch of chemical pesticides and giving them to the local area for free as aid.

There is no doubt about the insecticidal effect of those chemicals, but they will also cause certain pollution to the ecological environment...
Otherwise, the local area is still worried about what to do after the locust eggs in the ground hatch.

Needless to say, there is probably no good way to deal with the food shortage crisis after the locust plague.

To put it bluntly, you can’t do anything without money!
This is also the plight of most backward African countries. Their national strength is poor and weak. Once they encounter any disaster, they can only passively wait for international assistance.Just when Wang Lu was busy confirming that all the desert locust eggs in his ranch had been killed, local officials had already begun to cry for poverty internationally.

In fact, the Arusha area is very lively during this time.

A large number of international reporters poured into this small African city to report on the tragic situation of local agriculture after the overwhelming locust plague.

Among this group of international reporters, there are also Wang Lu's acquaintances, and the domestic CCTV also sent a camera crew here because of this locust plague.

But this time the gangs in Arusha have been wiped out, so there is no need to worry about what happened last time when the camera was robbed...
But this time the film crew turned to Wang Lu for help.

"Mr. Wang, I'm really sorry. Our film crew wanted to make a detailed report on the agricultural disaster in the surrounding areas, but the helicopters in Arusha have been rented by foreign reporters. When they run out, , the day lilies are cold!"

The director of the film crew also explained it to Wang Lu, and Wang Lu immediately understood what the other party meant, and immediately agreed readily:

"I asked the pilot to prepare now. We can take off at any time. We can't delay your interview mission!"

Last time, the CCTV camera crew helped him promote his ranch, so naturally Wang Lu would not refuse this small favor this time.

As expected, after Wang Lu agreed, the other party immediately showed a grateful look.

After all, news is all about timeliness. They didn’t come all the way from China just to eat other people’s leftovers!
Considering the number of people in the entire film crew, Wang Lu also specially arranged an AC-313 firefighting helicopter to perform this interview mission. The AC-313 has a spacious interior, enough to carry the entire film crew.

Soon, an AC-313 firefighting helicopter took off from the pasture carrying CCTV camera crew members to the surrounding areas to film the agricultural damage caused by the locusts' passage.

As soon as the film crew left, Wang Lu received a call from Mr. Cha Weinei at the ranch.

"Mr. Chavenet, it's an honor to receive your call! Say hello to you!"

"King! Thank you for your greetings. In fact, I came here specifically to find out whether that damn locust plague has caused any damage to your pasture. The agriculture in the entire area you know has been destroyed. An outstanding person like you Foreign investors, I think I have to give special condolences!”

After hearing this, Wang Lu suddenly understood, and he had a nice chat with the local Minister of the Interior on the phone!
The other party also conveyed the topic from condolences to himself to the upcoming food shortage situation in the local area.

"The situation is not optimistic. The food gap we expect is huge, and it is difficult to solve it with our current capabilities..."

Seeing that the other party was talking about this, Wang Lu also expressed his attitude in a timely manner:

"Mr. Chaweine, as an individual who invests in the local area, I am also very concerned about the local people's livelihood. The losses caused by this locust plague are really too great. Many of my black brothers are facing starvation. I will donate 200 million US dollars to purchase food and do my own small part!"

"Oh, thank you so much, King! Your friendship will never be forgotten by the local people!"

Donating 200 million U.S. dollars is nothing to Wang Lu, just a sprinkling of water.

(End of this chapter)