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Farmers in Turkana Kenya face an existential crisis.

肯尼亚图尔卡纳的农民面临着生存危机。

For much of the past year out-of-control swarms of locusts have rampaged through this impoverished region,

过去一年的大部分时间里，失控的蝗虫群在这片贫困地区肆虐，啃食大片庄稼，

eating fields of crops and leaving little to sell or feed the farm animals.

几乎没留下什么可以出售或喂养家畜的东西。

Our elders talked about desert locusts, but this is the first time I've seen them.

我们的长辈们谈论过沙漠蝗虫，但这是我第一次见到它们。

A mother of seven Anna Amurai says locusts deprive animals of the food they need to produce the milk she serves to her family.

七个孩子的母亲Anna Amurai说，蝗虫夺走了牲畜产奶所需的食物，而她正是用这些奶来供养家人的。

It takes several days and we add water to the milk to make enough for the children.

有好几天，我们在牛奶里加水，才够孩子们喝。

Locusts have so far eaten as much as 20 percent of the crops in this region,

截至目前，蝗虫已吃掉该地区多达20%的农作物，

prompting the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to train local youth to monitor and report on locust migrations.

促使联合国粮食及农业组织培训当地青年监测和汇报蝗虫的迁徙情况。

Pastor and local lives