Middle Africa
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| Middle Africa is within: | |
| Region: | Africa |
| Subregion: | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Countries in this intermediate region (9)
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe
Species gallery
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Organizations
Locusts and grasshoppers are typically managed through a national plant protection system led by a country’s plant protection organization, ministry of agriculture, or equivalent biosecurity authority. They are often supported by specialized pest control branches, natural resource agencies, and regional bodies when outbreaks cross borders. These agencies are usually the first point of contact for surveillance, reporting, permits, quarantine decisions, and control operations. If the country belongs to one of the FAO locust commissions, those bodies provide a regional framework for early warning, field surveillance, information sharing, and coordinated response, helping countries align monitoring, contingency planning, and control actions across borders.
| Organization name | Acronym | Website | Type | Focus | Geographic purview |
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| Sahel Institute | INSAH | View | Intergovernmental Organization, University | Development, Governance, Research, Management, Information Hub | Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cape Verde |
Resources
| Name | Species purview | Year published | Resource link | Descriptive keyword | Language | Geographic purview | Author |
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| Atlas of desert locust breeding habitats | 1997 | Breeding zones, Habitat, Map, Distribution, Biology, Ecology, Behavior, Phase polyphenism | English | Ethiopia, Senegal, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, George Basil Popov, G.B. Popov | ||
| Desert locust field handbook | 2020 | View | Species identification, Management | English | Israel, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Lebanon, Sudan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, South Sudan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya, India, Oman, Bahrain, Djibouti, Yemen, Uganda, Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Palestine, Tanzania, Syria, Iran, Turkey | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International | |
| East Africa desert locust crisis fact sheets | 2019, 2020, 2021 | Emergency response, Outbreaks, Series | English | Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo | United States Agency for International Development |
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