Niger

Niger
Niger is within:
Region:	Africa
Subregion:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Intermediate region:	Western Africa

Species gallery

• Highlighted species for Niger
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  Devil grasshopper (Diabolocatantops axillaris)
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  African stick grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha cognata)
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  Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
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  Cataloipus cymbifer
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  Oedaleus nigeriensis
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  Sahelian tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon)
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  Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus)
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  Sudan plague locust (Aiolopus simulatrix)
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  Kraussaria angulifera
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  Garden locust (Acanthacris ruficornis)
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  Acorypha clara
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  Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
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  Slender green-winged grasshopper (Aiolopus thalassinus)
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  Two-coloured stick grasshopper (Acrida bicolor)
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  Acorypha glaucopsis
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  Pyrgomorpha vignaudii

Locust breeding grounds

A major breeding zone for desert locusts includes the Aïr Mountains and the Tamesna region.

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
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region	CLCPRO	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Research, Management	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee	DLCC	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Governance	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, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, [[United Arab Em...
Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization	OCLALAV			Management	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel	CLISS	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Regional Cooperation	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo
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
United Nations AGRHYMET Regional Center	AGRHYMET	View	Other	Development, Education	Niger

Resources

Name	Species purview	Year published	Resource link	Descriptive keyword	Language	Geographic purview	Author
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
Desert locust technical series				History, Management, Set	English, French, Arabic	Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Senegal, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Niger, Mali	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) commission meeting reports				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) national management plans				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle, Management, Work plan	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) Report of Joint Prospecting with the Use of Drones or Biopesticides in Desert Locust Surveillance				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Set	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) workshops				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
Liste globale des pesticides autorisés par le Comité Sahélien des Pesticides		2020	View	Pesticides, Policy	French	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo	Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Locust identification in Niger		2022	View	Management, Species identification, Agriculturist guide, Set	French, Zarma, Hausa	Niger	Global Locust Initiative, United States Agency for International Development, Directorate of Plant Protection, United Nations AGRHYMET Regional Center, Le Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne, National Network of Agriculture Chambers of Niger

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