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Eastern Africa is within: | |
Region: | Africa |
Subregion: | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Countries in this intermediate region (22)
British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Southern Territories, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Species of locust and grasshoppers in Eastern Africa represented in the HopperWiki
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Organizations (39)
Name | Acronym | Type | Focus | Focus keywords | Species purview |
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Association for the Strengthening of Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa | ASARECA | Non-profit Organization | Research, Information Hub, Education, Governance | Training, Agricultural development, Policy | |
Astral Aerial Solutions | Private Sector | Other | Robotics & drone technology | ||
Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource | BANR | Government | Development | Agricultural development | |
Catholic Relief Services Ethiopia | Non-profit Organization | Development, Governance | Emergency response | ||
Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management | CoEB | University | Agricultural development, Community development, Research, Sustainable development, Technology, Training
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Centre For Environment Justice | CEJ | Non-governmental Organization;Non-profit Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Community development, Monitoring, Policy, Sustainable development | |
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region | CRC | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Education, Information Hub | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa | DLCO EA | Intergovernmental Organization | Education, Governance, Management, Research | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Coordination | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Éléphant Vert | Private Sector | Management | Biological control, Fertilizer, Control, Chemical manufacturing | ||
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee | DLCC | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, International development, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences
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Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity | DLEC | Intergovernmental Organization | Education, Information Hub, Development, Governance | Policy, Training, Agricultural development | |
Gulu University | University | Research | |||
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | ICPAC | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Early warning, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
InsectiPro | Unknown | Other | Edible Insects | ||
Intergovernmental Authority on Development | IGAD | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology | ICIPE | Non-profit Organization | Research, Education | Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | IITA | Non-profit Organization | Funding, Research, Development, Information Hub | Agricultural development | |
International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa | IRLCO CSA | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Funding | Monitoring, Control, Regional cooperation, Forecasting, Natural sciences | Red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) |
Ivotearana Famongorana Valalaeto Madagaskara | IFVM | Government | Management | Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Forecasting | |
Kenya Biodiversity Coalition | KBioC | Non-profit Organization | Development | Biodiversity, Conservation, Sustainable development | |
Kenyatta University | KU | University | Research | ||
KUZI | Private Sector | Management | Forecasting, Monitoring, Technology | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somalia | MoAD | Government | Development | Agricultural development | |
Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somaliland | Government | Development, Management | Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Emergency assistance | ||
Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development | Government | Management | Control, Monitoring | ||
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya | Government | Management, Development | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Agricultural development | ||
Ministry of Agriculture State of Eritrea | Government | Development | Agricultural development | ||
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of the Republic of Uganda | Government | Governance, Management | Management | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fishery, Livestock and Marine Resources | MAEPE-RH | Government | Governance, Management | Management, Forecasting, Monitoring, Control | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Mpala Research Centre | MPALA | Non-governmental Organization | Research, Education | Training | |
National Agricultural Research Organisation | NARO | Government | Research, Governance, Management | Coordination, Control | |
PlantVillage | University | Management | Monitoring, Agricultural development, Technology, Natural sciences | ||
The Bug Picture | Private Sector | Development, Management | Edible Insects, Agricultural development, Sustainable development | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Think Tank for Sustainability | TMG | Non-profit Organization | Development, Research, Governance | Sustainable development, Policy | |
University of Nairobi | UONBI | University | Management | Control, Natural sciences | |
University of Rwanda | University | ||||
University of Zambia | UNZA | Government ;University | Development, Management, Research | Agricultural development, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Technology | |
Wollo University | University | Development, Funding, Management, Research | Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences
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Zambia Ministry of Agriculture | Government | Development, Education, Funding, Management, Research, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Training |
Resources (100)
Title | Resource link | Category | Descriptive keyword | Author | Language | Species purview |
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View URL | Information hub | Pesticides, Management, Pesticide management, Chemical control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | ||
2020 Appeal to the international community | View URL | Technical report | Appeal, Aid, Emergency response | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fishery, Livestock and Marine Resources
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
A locust officer's field guide | View URL | Guide | Behavior, Species identification, Outbreaks | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
A locust plague hit East Africa | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | National Geographic | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
A preliminary plan of joint Desert Locust surveys along common borders in the Central Region | View URL | Technical report | International development, Early warning, Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
Africa Braces for a Record Wave of Locusts | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | Wall Street Journal | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | Collective movement, Decision making, Emergency response | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Annual report 1997 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, GPS, Locusts, RAMSES, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Annual report 1998 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, Database, Locust outbreaks, Biological control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Infestations, Geographic Information System (GIS) | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | ||
Artificial Intelligence Helping African Farmers in the Fight Against Locusts | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | Farmers Review Africa | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | The New York Times | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Assessment of the socio-economic impact of desert locusts and their control | View URL | Technical report | Management, Economics, Social science | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Assessment/search results | View URL | Guide | Grasshoppers, Database | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
Atlas of desert locust breeding habitats | View URL | Guide | Breeding zones, Habitat, Map, Distribution, Biology, Ecology, Behavior, Phase polyphenism | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, George Basil Popov, G.B. Popov | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Barrier treatment as a means of controlling migratory locusts | View URL | Information hub | Chemical control, Application, Ecology, Nutrition | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Behind the success of desert locust control | View URL | Situation bulletin | Newsletter, Outbreaks, Management | Ministry of Agriculture State of Eritrea | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Sahelian tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon) |
Biblical plague or manageable threat? | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | The Telegraph | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Billions of locusts are descending on Ethiopia | View URL | Media | Video, General locust education, Media article, Locust outbreaks | Washington Post | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Building national capacity | View URL | Guide | Education, Management, International development, Collective movement, Overview | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Climate Forecasting Climate Services for Eastern Africa | View URL | Information hub | Early warning, Forecasting, Meteorology | IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | English | |
View URL | Technical report | Survey, Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Control of the locust plague in Madagascar 2014 | View URL | Guide | Video, Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | French | Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) |
Country contingency plans for desert locust plague control campaigns | View URL | Technical report | Aerial control operations, Spraying, Chemical control, Behavior, Pesticides, Early warning, Management
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Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
CRC Progress report on research projects | View URL | Form | Worksheet | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Crunch, Crunch: Africa's Locust Outbreak Is Far From Over | View URL | Media | Media article, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Rangeland management, Livestock, Grazing, Livelihoods, Food security, Migration, Economics, Climate change, Weather
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US News & World Report | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Data transmission using Codan HF radios | View URL | Guide | Technology, eLocust | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
Decisions and risks | View URL | Guide | Decision making, Survey, Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions across Horn of Africa | View URL | Media | Newsletter, Media article, Agriculture, Crop health, Food security, Livelihoods, Emergency response, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Management, Grazing, Decision making, Economics, Press release
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United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust component | View URL | Technical report | Management, Biological control, Pesticides | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust control in Somalia between 2019 and 2021 | View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Desert locust field handbook | View URL | Guide | Species identification, Management | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust invasion responding to a crisis within a crisis | View URL | Technical report | Presentation, Outbreaks, Emergency response | World Bank | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert Locust Master Trainer Manual | View URL | Guide | Locusts, Management, Training manual | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust preventive control strategy in the Near East and Horn of Africa | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Emergency response, Management, Infestations | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust standard survey/control form | View URL | Form | Outbreaks, Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust surveillance and control programmatic environmental assessment | View URL | Technical report | Monitoring, Environmental assessment, Management | United States Agency for International Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust technical series | Technical report | History, Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English, French, Arabic | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Desert locust upsurge progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | View URL | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Management, Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa desert locust crisis fact sheets | View URL | Technical report | Emergency response, Outbreaks | United States Agency for International Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa fears second wave - of locust swarms | View URL | Media | Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Early warning, Forecasting, Crop health, Agriculture, Management, Grazing, Livestock, Livelihoods, Food security, Monitoring, Pesticides, Chemical control, Aerial control operations, Spraying, Rainfall, Weather
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa Hazards Watch Map | View URL | Situation bulletin | Map | IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa regional desert locust impact monitoring reports | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Food security, Report | The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Climate change, Weather, Rainfall, Agriculture, Crop health, Food security
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National Geographic | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 3 The World Bank Group | View URL | Media | Media article | World Bank, Intergovernmental Authority on Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR progress report year 2000 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Monitoring, Survey, GPS, Forecasting | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR progress report year 2001 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2003 | View URL | Technical report | Survey, Locust outbreaks | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2004 | View URL | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2005 | View URL | Technical report | Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES-CR progress report 1999 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, RAMSES, Monitoring, Pesticides, Biological control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES/CR progress report year 2002 | View URL | Technical report | Campaign organization, Early warning, Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (1) control an outbreak campaign | View URL | Technical report | Chemical control, Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (2) control an upsurge Campaign | View URL | Technical report | Chemical control, Spraying, Aerial control operations | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (3) control a plague Campaign | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Worksheet | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Estimate the potential impact of DL resources control a plague campaign spreadsheet | View URL | Digital tool | Worksheet, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Ethiopia used chemicals to kill locusts | View URL | Media | Pesticides, Honeybees, Outbreaks | Mongabay, Malavika Vyawahare | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide, Biological control, Ecology, Infestations, Metarhizium acridum | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
FAO and government of Somalia open permanent desert locust monitoring centre | View URL | Media | Media article, Management | Prevention Web | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO check list for general monitoring of desert locust control operations | View URL | Form | Monitoring, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | International development, Community development, Environmental assessment, Decision making | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
FAO desert locust control committee forty-second session | View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide, Emergency response, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO desert locust survey and control form | View URL | Form | Survey | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO desert locust survey and control form instructions | View URL | Form | Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Infographic the 2020–2021 desert locust upsurge | View URL | Technical report | Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Multilateral evaluation of the 2003-05 Desert Locust campaign | View URL | Technical report | Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO spray monitoring form | View URL | Form | Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO spray monitoring form instructions | View URL | Form | Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO validation (SPOT-VTG) Form | View URL | Form | Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
View URL | Guide | Advice, Metarhizium acridum | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Fighting a locust plague amid Covid-19 in east Africa | View URL | Media | Video, General locust education | The Guardian | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Finding a bearing | View URL | Guide | Compass | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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First floods, then desert locusts | View URL | Media | Newsletter, Agriculture, Crop health, Infestations, Food security, Press release, Media article, Management, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Livelihoods, Emergency response, Community development, Advocacy
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Following a bearing | View URL | Guide | Compass | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
Fourth meeting of the EMPRES consultative committee for the central region programme | View URL | Technical report | Management, Decision making, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
From plague to promise | View URL | Media | Edible insects, Outbreaks | Grist | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Future orientation and challenges | View URL | Technical report | Outbreaks, Management, International development, Emergency response, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Global response plan January–December 2020 | View URL | Technical report | Emergency response, Outbreaks | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen Desert locust crisis appeal | View URL | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | ||
Guide for identifying desert locust | View URL | Guide | Locusts, Biology, General locust education | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Guideline for the preparation of monthly campaign summary reports | View URL | Guide | Campaign organization, Spraying, Pesticides, Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Guidelines for developing research proposals | View URL | Guide | Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How a single locust becomes a plague | View URL | Media | Media article, Education, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Infographic, Migration, Physiology, Morphology, Behavior, Crop health, Agriculture, Economics, Food security, Livelihoods, Rainfall, Weather, Climate change, Early warning, Monitoring, Chemical control, Pesticides, Aerial control operations, Biopesticide, Biological control, Management, Integrated pest management
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How a UN-led fight against locusts took a toxic toll on Kenyan farmers | View URL | Media | Locust outbreaks, Pesticides, Biopesticide, Emergency response | Grist | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How do you fight a locust invasion amid coronavirus? | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Food security, Crop health, Agriculture, Economics, Governance, Pesticides, Chemical control, Aerial control operations, PPE and cleaning, Rainfall, Climate change, Biopesticide, Spraying
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How Kenya’s farmers are trying to outsmart locusts and climate change | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Food security, Crop health, Agriculture, Climate change, Management
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The Independent | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years | View URL | Media | Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Agriculture, Crop health, Food security, Mechanical control, Rainfall, Economics, Emergency alerts, Governance, Aerial control operations, Pesticides, Chemical control, Management, Pesticide management, Livelihoods, Collective movement
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The Guardian | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Human health and environmental safety in desert locust control operations | View URL | Guide | Public health, Conservation, Pesticide management, Metarhizium acridum, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Hundreds of billions of locusts swarm in East Africa | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Agriculture, Food security, Governance, Emergency response, Economics, Spraying, Aerial control operations, Chemical control, Monitoring, Biological control
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Impact of desert locust infestation on household livelihoods and food security in Ethiopia | View URL | Technical report | Report, Outbreaks | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Implementation document phase III | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Monitoring, Management, Remote sensing, Survey, Sustainability science, Biopesticide, Honeybees
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Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Improved survey methods for gregarious or gregarizing hopper patches of the desert locust | View URL | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Infestations, Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
In Kenya, lessons from 2020 prepare responders for a locust re-invasion | View URL | Media | Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Crop health, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Livestock, Grazing, Governance, Management, Chemical control, Pesticides, Spraying, Monitoring, Collective movement, Community development, Aerial control operations, Economics
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Devex | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
In Kenya, this start-up is turning locust swarms into animal feed | View URL | Media | Mechanical control, Locust outbreaks, Video | English | ||
In-country joint survey of Desert Locust in summer breeding areas in the states | View URL | Technical report | Aerial control operations, Survey, International development | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Kenya Beats Back Fresh Wave of Desert Locust Invasions | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Management | Bloomberg News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts | View URL | Media | Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Agriculture, Crop health, Economics, Monitoring, Early warning, eLocust, Pesticides, Chemical control, Rainfall, Migration
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Business Insider | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Kenya: A sustainable solution to locust swarms? | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Food security, Livelihoods, Crop health, Agriculture, Livestock, Mechanical control, Edible insects, Management, Integrated pest management, Community development, Collective movement
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Kenya's farmers struggle as locusts descend | View URL | Media | Mechanical control, Locust outbreaks | Deutsche Welle | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Kenya's Locust Outbreak May Be Nearing End as Spring Rains Are Delayed | View URL | Media | Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations | The Weather Channel | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Projects
Name | Acronym | Image | Status | Project leads | Related organization |
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Drones for desert locust control in East Africa | ![]() |
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Project Locust | Active | Tomorrownow.io |