Kazakhstan plans to make a profit from processing and exporting the locusts to get rid of the insects and create an additional source of income, the APK Novosti news agency reported.
The media outlet cited research done by the Kazakh Research Institute for the Protection and Quarantine of Plants and scientists from Germany, who have proven that the locusts can be collected and paralyzed.
«More than two billion people in the world eat locusts. This means that the export of locusts as a food product has the potential for us,» said Chair of the National Agrarian...