Management and technology

Representation of the locust social-ecological-technical system (SETS). Click the symbols inside one of the circles to explore the theme.

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.

Articles about management

• A primer on locust and grasshopper management
• Biopesticides

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 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.

Technology resources

English short title	Year published	Category	Author	Species purview	Geographic purview	Language	Descriptive keyword
Action plan for managing the Central American locust	2019	Guide	International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health	Giant red-winged grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata), Taeniopoda obscura, Chromacris colorata, Achurum sumichrasti, Abracris flavolineata, Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca pallens), Gray bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens), Mischievous bird grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica), Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons)	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic	Spanish	Management, Biology, Species identification, Biopesticide, Robotics, Drones, Technology
Chinese Authorities Deploy Fleets of Drones to Battle Locust Invasion		Media	Caixin Global	Yellow-spined bamboo locust (Ceracris kiangsu)		English	Robotics, Drones, Technology
Data transmission using Codan HF radios	2002	Guide	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations			English	Technology, eLocust
FAO dlocust resources		Information hub	FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Africa, Asia	English	Robotics, Drones, Technology
FAO open DropBox resources for innovation	2021	Information hub	FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations		Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania	English	Forecasting, Survey, Early warning, Robotics, Drones, Technology
High tech early warning system could curb next South African locust swarms	2022	Media	Mongabay	Brown locust (Locustana pardalina)	South Africa	English	Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Early warning, Forecasting, Monitoring, Chemical control, Biopesticide, Pesticide management, Pesticides, Technology, Spraying, Agriculture, Crop health, Migration, Earth observation, Rainfall, Weather, Meteorology, Public health
Intensive control operations reduced locust threat in India, Pak, says FAO	2020	Media	Hindustan Times	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)		English	Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Management, Governance, Chemical control, Pesticides, Pesticide management, Early warning, Spraying, Aerial control operations, Community development, Robotics, Drones, Technology
Management of Desert Locust information	2019	Guide	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Italy	English	Management, eLocust, Early warning, Remote sensing, Data analysis, Technology, Forecasting, RAMSES
Report on DGPS demonstration and training on ground support for aerial operations	2004	Technical report	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Ethiopia	English	Aerial control operations, Report, Technology
Southern China battles worst locust infestation in decades	2020	Media	South China Morning Post	Yellow-spined bamboo locust (Ceracris kiangsu)		English	Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Outbreaks, Agriculture, Food security, Crop health, Press release, Governance, Spraying, Pesticides, Management, Monitoring, Robotics, Drones, Technology
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Desert Locust Ground Survey	2003	Guide	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)		English	Survey, Technology, Methods, Chemical control
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Radio Communications For Desert Locust Mobile Teams	2003	Guide	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)		English	Management, Communication resource, Outbreaks, Technology
The Biblical locust plagues of 2020		Media	BBC News	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)		English	Media article, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Crop health, Agriculture, Food security, Behavior, Ecology, Biology, Migration, Economics, Weather, Management, Integrated pest management, Mechanical control, Chemical control, Pesticides, Pesticide management, Livelihoods, Governance, Aerial control operations, Biopesticide, Biological control, Forecasting, Robotics, Drones, Technology
The use of drones for Desert Locust survey		Guide	FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Asia, Africa	English	Early warning, Monitoring, Presentation, Robotics, Drones, Technology
Theoretical-practical instruction for piloting HP2	2020	Guide	FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Asia, Africa	English	Training manual, Robotics, Drones, Technology
To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes		Media	Scientific American	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)		English	Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Management, Rainfall, Weather, Climate change, Food security, Livelihoods, Migration, Agriculture, Crop health, Monitoring, Spraying, Pesticide management, Pesticides, Chemical control, Meteorology, Modeling, Behavior, Technology, Early warning, Forecasting
Workshop of spray equipment used in desert locust control	1994	Technical report	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	Egypt	English	Spraying, Mechanical control, Crop health, Management, Technology
Yellow-Spined Bamboo Locust Invades Southwest China, Occupies Nearly 6,667 Hectares		Media	Yicai Global	Yellow-spined bamboo locust (Ceracris kiangsu)		English	Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Monitoring, Chemical control, Aerial control operations, Pesticides, Agriculture, Economics, Robotics, Drones, Technology

Organizations associated with locust management

Organization	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Focus keywords	Geographic purview
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Meteorology, Forecasting, Technology, Weather	India, United Kingdom, Canada, China, South Korea, Japan
		View URL	Government	Management, Governance		Afghanistan
		View URL	Non-governmental Organization, Non-profit Organization	Education, Research, Management	Monitoring, Training	Senegal
		View URL	Government	Management, Governance	Coordination	South Africa
		View URL	Government	Management	Control, Forecasting, Monitoring	South Africa
		View URL	Government	Management, Development, Education	Integrated Pest Management, Pesticides, Agricultural Development, Training, Monitoring, Forecasting
	ARC-PHP	View URL	Government	Development, Management	Control, Agricultural development	South Africa
		View URL	Government	Management, Education	Management	Australia
		View URL	Government	Management	Management, Agriculture	Trinidad and Tobago
		View URL	Government	Management	Forecasting, Monitoring, Control	Canada
		View URL	Government	Management
		View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring, Forecasting	Algeria
	VIZR	View URL	Government	Research, Management	Biological control, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences	Russian Federation
	APHIS	View URL	Government	Management, Education, Information Hub	Control, Forecasting, Monitoring
	APL		Other	Management	Agriculture
	APLC	View URL	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	Australia
	EMBRAPA	View URL	Government	Development, Management, Governance, Research	Agricultural development, Control, Emergency assistance, International development, Media, Monitoring, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Natural sciences	Brazil
	BLM	View URL	Government	Management, Governance	Control, Coordination	United States of America
	CCARDESA	View URL	Non-governmental Organization	Management, Governance, Development	Training, Regional cooperation, Agricultural development
	CESBIO	View URL	Other	Management	Remote sensing, Monitoring, Forecasting	France
	CABI	View URL	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
	CEJ	View URL	Non-governmental Organization, Non-profit Organization	Development, Management, Governance	Community development, Monitoring, Policy, Sustainable development	Zambia
	ANLA		University	Research, Management, Governance	Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Regional cooperation, Training, Natural sciences	Chad
	CASAFE	View URL	Private Sector	Development, Education, Management	Agricultural development, Control, Sustainable development, Technology	Argentina
		View URL	University	Research, Management	Meteorology, Forecasting
	COSAVE	View URL	Non-governmental Organization	Education, Management, Governance, Information Hub	Coordination, Training, Control, Natural sciences
	CRC	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Education, Information Hub	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Natural sciences	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia
	CRA	View URL	Non-profit Organization	Information Hub, Management	Training	Argentina
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Control	United States of America
		View URL	University	Research, Management	Extention
	DPI WA	View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training	Australia
	PIRSA	View URL	Government	Management, Development, Information Hub	Control, Sustainable development	Australia
	DLCO EA	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Education, Governance, Management, Research	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Coordination	Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania
		View URL	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
	DGPV	View URL	Government	Research, Management	Control, Training, Monitoring, Pesticides, Natural sciences	Niger
	DPV	View URL	Government	Management, Research, Education	Monitoring, Control, Training, Natural sciences	Senegal
	DPPCRI	View URL	Government	Management		Turkey
		View URL	Government	Governance, Management		Argentina
		View URL	University	Management, Governance, Research	Animal husbandry, Monitoring, Coordination, Natural sciences	Bolivia
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Biological control, Fertilizer, Control, Chemical manufacturing	Ivory Coast, France, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Senegal
		View URL	Government	Funding, Management	Forecasting
		View URL	Private Sector	Management, Development	Control, Monitoring, Sustainable development	Netherlands
	CLCPANO	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Education, Management, Research	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences
	CLCPRO	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Research, Management	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
	DLCC	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Governance	Agricultural development, Community development, Control, International development, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences	Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bahrain, South Sudan
	DLIS	View URL	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
	ECTTP	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance	Coordination, Monitoring, Natural sciences
	EMPRES	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Research	Monitoring, Control, Training, Regional cooperation, Natural sciences
	FAO RNE	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Management	Control, Forecasting, Survey	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, State of Palestine
	SFS	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Governance		Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
	FAAS	View URL	Government	Management	Agriculture	Argentina
	FAO	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Technology	Morocco
	UBG	View URL	University	Development, Management, Research, Education	Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Arts and humanities, International development, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences	Senegal
	DFD	View URL	Other	Development, Management, Research	Forecasting, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Remote sensing	Germany
		View URL	Government	Development, Management, Education, Governance	Community development, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, Monitoring, Policy, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology	Argentina
	NSW	View URL	Government	Management	Control, Coordination, Education	Australia
	SA	View URL	Government	Management
		View URL	Government	Management		Argentina
		[www.wa.gov.au View URL]	Government	Management
		View URL	Private Sector	Development, Management, Education, Research	Forecasting, Sustainable development, Technology, Training, Robotics & drone technology	Spain, Brazil, Denmark
		View URL	Government	Education, Management	Emergency assistance	United States of America
	ICPAC	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Research	Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Early warning, Natural sciences
	LWO	View URL	Government	Management, Information Hub, Research	Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Training, Natural sciences	India
	ICOSAMP	View URL	Other	Governance, Information Hub, Management, Education	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Control	Denmark
	IANR	View URL	University	Education, Management	Extension
	IGAD	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Research	Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Natural sciences
	CIAT	View URL	Non-profit Organization	Development, Management	Food security, Agricultural development, Monitoring	Colombia, Bolivia
	IRLCO CSA	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Funding	Monitoring, Control, Regional cooperation, Forecasting, Natural sciences	Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania
	OIRSA	View URL	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Education	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
		View URL	Government	Management
		View URL	Government	Management, Governance, Information Hub, Education, Research	Monitoring, Control, Policy, Coordination, Agricultural development, Emergency assistance, Forecasting	Iran
	IFVM	View URL	Government	Management	Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Forecasting	Madagascar
	JICA	View URL	Government	Governance, Management	Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control
	UFL	View URL	University	Research, Management	Extension, Grasshoppers	United States of America
	OCLALAV			Management	Obsolete organization	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
	Uni-graz	View URL	University	Management	Control, Technology, Natural sciences	Austria
	NIIZKR	View URL	Government	Research, Management, Education	Training, Control, Monitoring, Natural sciences	Kazakhstan
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Forecasting, Monitoring, Technology
			Government	Management	Control	Italy
	CNLA	View URL	Government	Research, Management, Governance	Monitoring, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, Natural sciences	Mauritania
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Agricultural development
		View URL	Private Sector	Management	Robotics & drone technology	United States of America
		View URL	Government	Management, Information Hub	Forecasting, Monitoring	Canada
		View URL	University	Research, Management, Governance	Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Regional Cooperation, Training
		View URL	Government	Development, Management	Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Emergency assistance	Somalia
		View URL	Government	Management	Control, Monitoring	Kenya
		View URL	Government	Management		Turkmenistan
		View URL	Government	Management, Development	Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Agricultural development	Kenya
		View URL	Government	Management, Governance		Kazakhstan
		View URL	Government	Development, Management	Agricultural development, Control, Emergency assistance	Brazil
		View URL	Government	Governance, Management		Azerbaijan
		View URL	Government	Management		Russian Federation
		View URL	Government	Governance, Management	Management	Uganda
	MAGyP	View URL	Government	Governance, Management		Argentina
	MAWLR	View URL	Government	Management	Monitoring	Namibia
	MAEPE-RH	View URL	Government	Governance, Management	Management, Forecasting, Monitoring, Control	Djibouti
		View URL	Government	Management, Governance		Argentina
	MAyDS	View URL	Government	Governance, Management		Argentina