Management and technology

Management and technology play crucial roles in addressing and mitigating locust outbreaks, which pose significant threats to agriculture and food security. Effective preventative management strategies are essential for early detection, monitoring, and rapid response to locust swarms. Technology, particularly remote sensing and data analytics, offers tools for enhancing these efforts. By using satellite imagery and drones equipped with high-resolution cameras, authorities can detect locust breeding areas, track swarm movements, measure soil moisture, NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index), and assess the extent of infestation more efficiently. Additionally, advanced data analytics algorithms can process vast amounts of information to generate accurate predictions, enabling proactive decision-making and resource allocation. Furthermore, management strategies can leverage technology to disseminate real-time alerts and warnings to affected communities, aiding in prompt evacuation and safeguarding livelihoods. Overall, the integration of management practices and technology holds great potential in combating locust outbreaks by providing timely interventions and minimizing the devastating impact on agriculture and food production.
Pages on grasshopper and locust management
Community managment portals on HopperWiki
United States Rangeland Management Community Portal
Resources


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- Identification guides
This page is an aggregation of all the identification resources hosted on the wiki. You may find it easier to navigate the guides via the species profiles if you are looking to identify or manage a specific species. - Information hubs
Information hubs are other websites that host a variety of resources related to locust and grasshopper research and management. - Management videos
Browse videos related to locust management. - Projects
View projects related to locust and grasshopper management and research. - Situation bulletins
This page shows a list of resources published by various organizations on the status of outbreaking locust and grasshopper species. - Technical reports
Technical reports are usually non-peer-reviewed documents published by organizations like the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) or United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to document management campaign results, meetings, conferences, training manuals, etc. - Training manuals
Click here to view training manuals on topics like campaign organizing, human and environmental safety guidelines, surveys, forecasting methods, robotic and drone technology, and more.
All resources for management
Technology resources
Organizations associated with orthopteran management
Organization name | Acronym | Website | Type | Focus | Focus keywords | Geographic purview |
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Accuweather | View | Private Sector | Management | Meteorology, Forecasting, Technology, Weather | ||
Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock | View | Government | Management, Governance | |||
African Aquatic Conservation Fund | View | Non-governmental Organization, Non-profit Organization | Education, Research, Management | Monitoring, Training | ||
Agri Northern Cape | View | Government | Management, Governance | Coordination | ||
Agri SA | View | Government | Management | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring | ||
Agricultural Center at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation | View | Government | Management, Development, Education | Integrated Pest Management, Pesticides, Agricultural Development, Training, Monitoring, Forecasting | ||
Agriculture Research Council Plant Health and Protection | ARC-PHP | View | Government | Development, Management | Control, Agricultural development | |
Agriculture Victoria | View | Government | Management, Education | Management | ||
Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Ministry | View | Government | Management | Management, Agriculture | ||
Alabama Cooperative Extension System | View | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Alabama | ||
Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation | View | Government | Management | Forecasting, Monitoring, Control | ||
Algerian Ministry Of Agriculture and Rural Development | View | Government | Management | |||
Algerian Space Agency | View | Government | Management | Monitoring, Forecasting | ||
All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection | VIZR | View | Government | Research, Management | Biological control, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences | |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | APHIS | View | Government | Management, Education, Information Hub | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring | |
Association of Leguminous Producers of the NOA | APL | Other | Management | Agriculture | ||
Australian Plague Locust Commission | APLC | View | Government | Management, Research, Governance | Agricultural development, Control, Coordination, Education, Emergency assistance, Forecasting, Funding, Governance, Information hub, International development, Media, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Research, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Natural sciences | |
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation | EMBRAPA | View | Government | Development, Management, Governance, Research | Agricultural development, Control, Emergency assistance, International development, Media, Monitoring, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Natural sciences | |
Bureau of Land Management | BLM | View | Government | Management, Governance | Control, Coordination | |
California Department of Food and Agriculture | CDFA | View | Government | Management, Governance | Management, Grasshoppers, Control | California |
Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa | CCARDESA | View | Non-governmental Organization | Management, Governance, Development | Training, Regional cooperation, Agricultural development | |
Center for the Study of the BIOsphere from space | CESBIO | View | Other | Management | Remote sensing, Monitoring, Forecasting | |
Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International | CABI | View | Intergovernmental Organization, Non-profit Organization | Development, Management, Media, Governance | Agricultural Development, Community Development, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, International Development, Media, Monitoring, Policy, Regional Cooperation, Research, Sustainable Development, Technology, Training, Edible Insects | |
Centre For Environment Justice | CEJ | View | Non-governmental Organization, Non-profit Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Community development, Monitoring, Policy, Sustainable development | |
Chad National Locust Control Agency | ANLA | University | Research, Management, Governance | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Regional cooperation, Training, Natural sciences | ||
Chamber of Agricultural Health and Fertilizers | CASAFE | View | Private Sector | Development, Education, Management | Agricultural development, Control, Sustainable development, Technology | |
Clemson Cooperative Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | South Carolina | |
Colorado State University Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Colorado | |
Columbia University | View | University | Research, Management | Meteorology, Forecasting | ||
Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur | COSAVE | View | Non-governmental Organization | Education, Management, Governance, Information Hub | Coordination, Training, Control, Natural sciences | |
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region | CRC | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Education, Information Hub | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Natural sciences | |
Confederaciónes Rurales Argentinas | CRA | View | Non-profit Organization | Information Hub, Management | Training | |
Cooperative Extension Ventura County | View | Government | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | California | |
Cornell Cooperative Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | New York | |
Corteva Agriscience | View | Private Sector | Management | Control | ||
Delaware Cooperative Extension | View | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Delaware | ||
Department of Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida | View | University | Research, Management | Extention | ||
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | DPI WA | View | Government | Management | Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training | |
Department of Primary Industries and Regions | PIRSA | View | Government | Management, Development, Information Hub | Control, Sustainable development | |
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa | DLCO EA | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Education, Governance, Management, Research | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Coordination | |
Digital Development | View | Intergovernmental Organization, Non-profit Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, International development, Media, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Research, Sustainable development, Technology, Training | ||
Directorate General for Plant Protection | DGPV | View | Government | Research, Management | Control, Training, Monitoring, Pesticides, Natural sciences | |
Directorate of Plant Protection | DPV | View | Government | Management, Research, Education | Monitoring, Control, Training, Natural sciences | |
Directorate of Plant Protection Central Research Institute | DPPCRI | View | Government | Management | ||
El Ministerio de la Producción, Recursos Naturales, Forestación y Tierras | View | Government | Governance, Management | |||
El Vallecito Agricultural Research Institute | View | University | Management, Governance, Research | Animal husbandry, Monitoring, Coordination, Natural sciences | ||
Éléphant Vert | View | Private Sector | Management | Biological control, Fertilizer, Control, Chemical manufacturing | ||
European Space Agency | View | Government | Funding, Management | Forecasting | ||
Falconsult | View | Private Sector | Management, Development | Control, Monitoring, Sustainable development | ||
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa | CLCPANO | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance, Education, Management, Research | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences | |
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region | CLCPRO | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance, Research, Management | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences | |
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee | DLCC | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, International development, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences | |
FAO Desert Locust Information Service | DLIS | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Education, Governance, Information Hub, Funding | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Coordination, Emergency assistance, Forecasting, International development, Media, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Early warning, Natural sciences | |
FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Plant Pests | ECTTP | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance | Coordination, Monitoring, Natural sciences | |
FAO Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases | EMPRES | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Research | Monitoring, Control, Training, Regional cooperation, Natural sciences | |
FAO Regional Office for the Near East | FAO RNE | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance, Management | Control, Forecasting, Survey | |
FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa | SFS | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Governance | ||
Federation of Agrarian Associations of Santiago de Estero | FAAS | View | Government | Management | Agriculture | |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | FAO | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management | ||
Fungipack | View | Private Sector | Management | Technology | ||
Gaston Berger University | UBG | View | University | Development, Management, Research, Education | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Arts and humanities, International development, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences | |
German Remote Sensing Data Center | DFD | View | Other | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Remote sensing | |
Government of Catamarca | View | Government | Development, Management, Education, Governance | Community development, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology | ||
Government of New South Wales | NSW | View | Government | Management | Control, Coordination, Education | |
Government of South Australia | SA | View | Government | Management | ||
Government of the province of Jujuy | View | Government | Management | |||
Government of Western Australia | [www.wa.gov.au View] | Government | Management | |||
HEMAV | View | Private Sector | Development, Management, Education, Research | Forecasting, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Robotics & drone technology | ||
Idaho State Department of Agriculture | View | Government | Education, Management | Emergency assistance | Idaho | |
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | ICPAC | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Early warning, Natural sciences | |
India Locust Warning Organization | LWO | View | Government | Management, Information Hub, Research | Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training, Natural sciences | |
Information Core for Southern African Migratory Pests | ICOSAMP | View | Other | Governance, Information Hub, Management, Education | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting | |
Insefly Corporation | View | Private Sector | Management | Control | ||
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources | IANR | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Nebraska |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development | IGAD | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Natural sciences | |
International Center for Tropical Agriculture | CIAT | View | Non-profit Organization | Development, Management | Food security, Agricultural development, Monitoring | |
International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa | IRLCO CSA | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Funding | Monitoring, Control, Regional cooperation, Forecasting, Natural sciences | |
International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health | OIRSA | View | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Education | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control | |
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Iowa | |
Iran Ministry of Agriculture Jihad | View | Government | Management | |||
Iran Plant Protection Organization | View | Government | Management, Governance, Information Hub, Education, Research | Monitoring, Control, Policy, Coordination, Agricultural development, Emergency assistance, Forecasting | ||
Ivotearana Famongorana Valalaeto Madagaskara | IFVM | View | Government | Management | Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Forecasting | |
Japan International Cooperation Agency | JICA | View | Government | Governance, Management | Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control | |
John Capinera Group | UFL | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension, Grasshoppers | Florida |
Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization | OCLALAV | Management | Obsolete organization | |||
Kansas State University Research and Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Kansas | |
Karl-Franzens University Graz | Uni-graz | View | University | Management | Control, Technology, Natural sciences | |
Kazakh Research Institute for Plant Protection and Quarantine | NIIZKR | View | Government | Research, Management, Education | Training, Control, Monitoring, Natural sciences | |
KUZI | View | Private Sector | Management | Forecasting, Monitoring, Technology | ||
Laore Sardegna | Government | Management | Control | |||
Le Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne | CNLA | View | Government | Research, Management, Governance | Monitoring, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, Natural sciences | |
LSU AgCenter Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Louisiana | |
M&R Durango Inc | View | Private Sector | Management | Agricultural development | ||
M3 Consulting | View | Private Sector | Management | Robotics & drone technology | Arizona | |
Manitoba Agriculture | View | Government | Management, Information Hub | Forecasting, Monitoring | ||
Michigan State University Extension | View | University | Education, Research, Monitoring, Management | Extension | Michigan | |
Ministère du Développement Rural du Tchad | View | University | Research, Management, Governance | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Regional Cooperation, Training | ||
Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somaliland | View | Government | Development, Management | Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Emergency assistance | ||
Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development | View | Government | Management | Control, Monitoring | ||
Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan | View | Government | Management |