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Between January and August this year East Africa saw billions of the insects destroying crops across the region."We lost so much of our pastures and vegetation because of the locusts and as a result we are still losing a good number of our livestock," said Gonjoba Guyo, a pastoralist in North Horr sub-country in northern Kenya."I have lost 14 goats, four cows and two camels because of the locust outbreak and now there is lots of fear that we may face similar or worse consequences." FAO officials said countries in the region were now much better prepared than for the last invasion.