Desert Locust Forecasting: Art or Science?
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| Desert Locust Forecasting: Art or Science? | |
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| Author: | FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Language: | English |
| Source link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IiHfyOmWRw |
| Category: | Guide |
| Species purview | |
| Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Source author(s)
FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Resource description
FAO's Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, Keith Cressman, with over 30 years of experience in Desert Locust forecasting and providing early warning to countries, presents a video explaining that Desert Locust forecasting is both a science and an art that relies on intuition, feelings, and experience. The presentation was originally given at the 13th International Congress of Orthopterology in Agadir, Morocco on March 26, 2019.