Southern Asia
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| Southern Asia is within: | |
| Region: | Asia |
Countries in this subregion (9)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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.
Resources
| Name | Species purview | Year published | Resource link | Descriptive keyword | Language | Geographic purview | Author |
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| 2014 evaluation of field trials data on the efficacy and selectivity of insecticides on locusts and grasshoppers | 2014 | View | Pesticides, Management, Pesticide management, Chemical control, Information hub | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| 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 | ||
| Climate change and locusts Pakistan | 2020 | View | Climate change | English | Pakistan | Sustainable Development Policy Institute | |
| Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) ad hoc, emergency, other meetings | 1971 | Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Collection | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) committee meetings | 1971 | Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) survey reports | 1971 | Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) training and workshops | 1971 | Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Collection | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| 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 master training manual | 2003 | View | Management, Training manual | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| Desert locust upsurge progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | 2020 | View | Locust outbreaks, Management, Report, Progress report | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| Estimate the potential impact of DL resources control an outbreak campaign excel file worksheets | Chemical control, Report, Excel files, Series | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO commission for controlling the desert locust in the central region fifty years fighting desert locust | 2016 | View | International development, Community development, Environmental assessment, Decision making | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| FAO desert locust biology and behaviour guidelines | 2001 | Behavior, Biology, Training manual, Species identification, Set | English, French, Arabic, Somali | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO Desert Locust Bulletin | Forecasting, Emergency alerts, Survey, Regional cooperation | English, Arabic, French | Southern Asia, Western Asia | FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO Desert Locust Bulletin Archives | Forecasting, Emergency alerts, Survey, Regional cooperation | English, Arabic, French | Southern Asia, Western Asia | FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO desert locust campaign organization and execution guidelines | 2001 | Campaign organization, Training manual, Set | English, French, Arabic | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO desert locust guidelines appendixes | 2001 | Management, Training manual, Set, Apendix | English, French, Arabic | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO desert locust guidelines control | 2001 | Training manual, Environmental assessment, Chemical control, Set | English, French, Arabic, Somali, Spanish | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO desert locust guidelines safety and environmental precautions | 2001 | Training manual, Environmental assessment, Safety guidelines, Set | English, French, Arabic | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO desert locust information and forecasting guidelines | 2001 | Forecasting, Training manual, Set | English, French, Arabic | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO desert locust survey guidelines | 2001 | Survey, Training manual, Set | English, French, Arabic, Somali, Spanish | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO eLocust information videos | App, Video, Bundle, Management, Control, Instructional video | English | Southern Asia, Western Asia | FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO emergencies and resilience | Emergency response, Information hub | English | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO Infographic the 2020–2021 desert locust upsurge | 2022 | View | Management, Promotional documents | English | Eastern Africa | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| FAO Locust Data Explorer | Data, Outbreaks, Locust outbreaks, Interface, Dashboard, Statistics, Geographic information, Monitoring, Spacial patterns, Information hub | English | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO Locust Hub | Distribution, Earth observation, Weather, Infographic, Information hub, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Map, Monitoring, Soil science, Ecology, Outbreaks, Infestations | English | Southern Asia, Western Asia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO Locust Watch bulletin for locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia | View | Forecasting, Information hub, Emergency alerts, Bundle | English | Afghanistan, Georgia (country), Russia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan | FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| FAO Locust Watch Desert Locust | Forecasting, Information hub, Emergency alerts | English, Arabic, French | Southern Asia, Western Asia | FAO Desert Locust Information Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
| FAO Multilateral evaluation of the 2003-05 Desert Locust campaign | 2006 | View | After action review, Management, Outbreaks, Report, Evaluation | English | Eastern Africa | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| FAO’s technical series on locust management in the Caucasus and Central Asia | 2026 | Capacity building, Survey, Forecasting, Monitoring, Preparedness, Regional cooperation, Transboundary pests, Locust outbreaks, Management, Series, Pesticide management, Pesticides | English | Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Alexandre Latchininsky | ||
| Field efficacy trials with the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (Green Muscle) against the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and monitoring of it's operational use | 2007 | View | Advice, Metarhizium acridum | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| Global response plan January–December 2020 | 2020 | View | Emergency response, Outbreaks, Appeal | English | Iran, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| Guide for identifying desert locust | View | Locusts, Biology, General locust education | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Guidelines for developing research proposals | View | Locusts, Research, Research proposal, Guide | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| India Locust Warning Bulletin | Early warning | English | India | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | |||
| Locusts have caused problems for quite some time | View | Locusts, Biology, Chemical control, Mechanical control, Spraying, Data analysis | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| Metarhizium anisopliae reference list of papers | View | Biological control, Infestations, Information hub | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| NOAA HYSPLIT Desert Locust Trajectory Model | 2020 | Forecasting, Migration, Swarm, Outbreaks, Monitoring, Modeling, Early warning | English | Eastern Africa | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | ||
| Operational-scale field trial with Green Muscle | 2005 | View | Agriculture, Chemical control, Metarhizium acridum, Trial, Biocontrol, Management | English | Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| Real-time evaluation of FAO's response to the desert locust upsurge 2020–2021 | 2022 | Management, Series | English | Eastern Africa | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | ||
| The FAO commission for controlling the desert locust in South-West Asia | 2014 | View | Culture, History, Report | English | India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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