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The worst plague of desert locusts in a generation is ravaging crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia battling to contain the escalating crisis.

Hunger is escalating as the United Nations humanitarian response in Mozambique is less than half funded, warns Oxfam.

Direct payments from the EU currently account for an average of 61 per cent of farms’ net profit. A major shift away from traditional farming towards an environmental stewardship scheme will need time and space for evaluation.

The country is already reeling from high inflation rates, a spike in food prices and a rice shortage.