In pictures: Desert shrimps

“Since the locusts fly and man cannot fly, then if man must catch them, he has to figure out a way to engage the locusts on familiar territory - ground.

“The locusts tend not to fly at night because it is really cold (temperature drops to 9C and dark). That’s when we go after them.

“You need safety boots like these ones I have on, which are actually my dad’s cast-off military issue and they serve the purpose well,” Mr Ibrahim says.