Millions of locusts in Sardinia, damage in 13 thousand hectares

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI- Millions of locusts have invaded central Sardinia. The damage in the months of May and June which have been at a loss for companies located in the perimeter of about 13 thousand hectares mainly used for grazing and forage crops and served by the infrastructures of the Reclamation Consortium of Central Sardinia are not counted. A silent destruction of the crops for the farmers and breeders of the Middle Valley of the Tirso, up to the high Goceano. "We ask for the immediate establishment of a control room to make sure that the locusts problem is tackled with preventive actions - is the appeal launched by the President of the Consortium Ambrogio Guiso to the Region - We make ourselves available for a collaboration that goes to service of the territories served by the institution ".

A damage that, according to the Consortium, "with due prevention, should have been avoided, since it is a problem that Sardinia knows, and that above all it is necessary to prevent for the years to come", "As a Consortium we believe that can still be assisting with our hands - continues Guiso - but rather, precisely because our function is not only that of the mere distribution of water, but above all that of reclamation and attention to delicate environmental balances, we think that in concert with the other bodies in charge, and with the coordination of the Region, an important preventive work can be done, with a schedule that must start now, because tomorrow is already late. For this reason, the appeal to the Region and to the competent departments is to a coordination that gives an answer to the numerous breeders and farmers ". (HANDLE).