Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa is within: | |
Region: | Africa |
Intermediate regions in this subregion (4)
Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa
Countries in this subregion (53)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Species of locust and grasshoppers in Sub-Saharan Africa represented in the HopperWiki
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Organizations (83)
Name | Acronym | Type | Focus | Focus keywords | Species purview |
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African Aquatic Conservation Fund | Non-governmental Organization;Non-profit Organization | Education, Research, Management | Monitoring, Training | ||
Agri Northern Cape | Government | Management, Governance | Coordination | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | |
Agri SA | Government | Management | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | |
Agricultural Research Council | ARC | Unknown | Research | Ecology | |
Agriculture Research Council Plant Health and Protection | ARC-PHP | Government | Development, Management | Control, Agricultural development | |
Association for the Strengthening of Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa | ASARECA | Non-profit Organization | Research, Information Hub, Education, Governance | Training, Agricultural development, Policy | |
Astral Aerial Solutions | Private Sector | Other | Robotics & drone technology | ||
Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource | BANR | Government | Development | Agricultural development | |
Catholic Relief Services Ethiopia | Non-profit Organization | Development, Governance | Emergency response | ||
Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa | CCARDESA | Non-governmental Organization | Management, Governance, Development | Training, Regional cooperation, Agricultural development | |
Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management | CoEB | University | Agricultural development, Community development, Research, Sustainable development, Technology, Training
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Centre For Environment Justice | CEJ | 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 | |
Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar | UCAD | University | Research | Natural sciences | |
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region | CRC | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Education, Information Hub | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
CropLife Africa Middle East | Non-profit Organization | Development, Education | Sustainable development, Crop health | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | |
Croplife South Africa | Non-profit Organization | Development | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | ||
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa | DLCO EA | Intergovernmental Organization | Education, Governance, Management, Research | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Coordination | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Directorate General for Plant Protection | DGPV | Government | Research, Management | Control, Training, Monitoring, Pesticides, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Directorate of Plant Protection | DPV | Government | Management, Research, Education | Monitoring, Control, Training, Natural sciences | |
Éléphant Vert | Private Sector | Management | Biological control, Fertilizer, Control, Chemical manufacturing | ||
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region | CLCPRO | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance, Research, Management | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee | DLCC | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, International development, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences
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Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Regional Office for the Near East | FAO RNE | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance, Management | Control, Forecasting, Survey | |
FAO Subregional Office for Resilience in West Africa and the Sahel | REWOA | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Governance | Agricultural development, Regional cooperation | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa | SFS | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Governance | ||
Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity | DLEC | Intergovernmental Organization | Education, Information Hub, Development, Governance | Policy, Training, Agricultural development | |
Gaston Berger University | UBG | University | Development, Management, Research, Education | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Arts and humanities, International development, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences
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Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis) |
Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute | University | Natural sciences | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | ||
Gulu University | University | Research | |||
IEDA Relief | Non-governmental Organization | Development, Funding | Sustainable development, Emergency assistance | ||
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | ICPAC | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Early warning, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Information Core for Southern African Migratory Pests | ICOSAMP | Other | Governance, Information Hub, Management, Education | Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control, Forecasting | |
InsectiPro | Unknown | Other | Edible Insects | ||
Intergovernmental Authority on Development | IGAD | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Management, Research | Forecasting, Agricultural development, International development, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology | ICIPE | Non-profit Organization | Research, Education | Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | IITA | Non-profit Organization | Funding, Research, Development, Information Hub | Agricultural development | |
International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa | IRLCO CSA | Intergovernmental Organization | Management, Governance, Funding | Monitoring, Control, Regional cooperation, Forecasting, Natural sciences | Red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) |
Ivotearana Famongorana Valalaeto Madagaskara | IFVM | Government | Management | Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Forecasting | |
Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization | OCLALAV | Management | Obsolete organization | ||
Kenya Biodiversity Coalition | KBioC | Non-profit Organization | Development | Biodiversity, Conservation, Sustainable development | |
Kenyatta University | KU | University | Research | ||
KUZI | Private Sector | Management | Forecasting, Monitoring, Technology | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Kwara State University | University | Research | |||
Le Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne | CNLA | Government | Research, Management, Governance | Monitoring, Control, Coordination, Forecasting, Natural sciences | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somalia | MoAD | Government | Development | Agricultural development | |
Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somaliland | Government | Development, Management | Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Emergency assistance | ||
Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development | Government | Management | Control, Monitoring | ||
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya | Government | Management, Development | Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Agricultural development | ||
Ministry of Agriculture State of Eritrea | Government | Development | Agricultural development | ||
Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry of Namibia | Government | Governance | |||
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of the Republic of Uganda | Government | Governance, Management | Management | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform | MAWLR | Government | Management | Monitoring | |
Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fishery, Livestock and Marine Resources | MAEPE-RH | Government | Governance, Management | Management, Forecasting, Monitoring, Control | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Mpala Research Centre | MPALA | Non-governmental Organization | Research, Education | Training | |
National Agricultural Marketing Council | NAMC | Government | Development, Research | Agribusiness, Agricultural trusts, Statutory measures, Markets, Economics, Agricultural development | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
National Agricultural Research Organisation | NARO | Government | Research, Governance, Management | Coordination, Control | |
National Desert Locust Control Center | CNLCP | Government | Research, Management, Development, Governance | Coordination, Monitoring, Control, Agricultural development, Forecasting, Policy, Regional cooperation, Sustainable development, Technology, Training
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Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
National Network of Agriculture Chambers of Niger | RECA | Unknown | Information Hub, Governance, Management, Development, Funding | Agricultural development, Training, Community development, Policy, Control, Pesticides, Advocacy | |
National School of Agriculture Senegal | University | Research | Training, Natural sciences | Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis) | |
Office de la Protection des Végétaux | OPV | Government | Education, Research, Development | Training, Control, Monitoring, Agricultural development, Policy | |
Peace Corps Senegal | Government | Management, Development | Agricultural development, Sustainable development, Training | ||
Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel | CLISS | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Regional Cooperation | ||
PlantVillage | University | Management | Monitoring, Agricultural development, Technology, Natural sciences | ||
Sahel Institute | INSAH | Intergovernmental Organization;University | Development, Governance, Research, Management, Information Hub | Agricultural development, Coordination, International development, Policy, Regional cooperation, Training, Natural sciences
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Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Southern African Development Community | SADC | Intergovernmental Organization | Development, Funding, Governance | Agricultural development, Coordination | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) |
The Bug Picture | Private Sector | Development, Management | Edible Insects, Agricultural development, Sustainable development | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | DALRRD | Government | Management, Governance | Coordination, Control, Monitoring | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
The Economic Community of West African States | ECOWAS | Other | Governance, Management, Education | Monitoring, Control | |
The Lake Chad Basin Commission | Intergovernmental Organization | Governance | Regional cooperation | ||
The South African National Biodiversity Institute | SANBI | Government | Research, Education, Governance | Biodiversity | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
TheWaterChannel | Private Sector | Education, Governance | Policy | ||
Think Tank for Sustainability | TMG | Non-profit Organization | Development, Research, Governance | Sustainable development, Policy | |
United Nations AGRHYMET Regional Center | AGRHYMET | Other | Development, Education | Training, International development | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
University of Nairobi | UONBI | University | Management | Control, Natural sciences | |
University of Rwanda | University | ||||
University of South Africa | UNISA | University | Research | ||
University of the Witwatersrand | Wits | University | Research | Natural sciences | |
University of Zambia | UNZA | Government ;University | Development, Management, Research | Agricultural development, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Technology | |
West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development | CORAF/WECARD | Non-profit Organization | Education, Governance | Training, Regional cooperation | |
Western Cape Department of Agriculture | Government | Funding | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | ||
Wollo University | University | Development, Funding, Management, Research | Agricultural development, Control, Forecasting, Monitoring, Sustainable development, Training, Natural sciences
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Zambia Ministry of Agriculture | Government | Development, Education, Funding, Management, Research, Governance | Agricultural development, Community development, Control, Coordination, Monitoring, Training |
Resources (100)
Title | Resource link | Category | Descriptive keyword | Author | Language | Species purview |
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‘Switch off your lights at night’, panicking Northern Cape told, as locust swarms descend | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | News 24 | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
11th EMPRES liaison officers meeting | View URL | Technical report | Sustainability science, Locusts, Database | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Information hub | Pesticides, Management, Pesticide management, Chemical control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | ||
2020 Appeal to the international community | View URL | Technical report | Appeal, Aid, Emergency response | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fishery, Livestock and Marine Resources
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
4th meeting of EMPRES liaison officers | View URL | Technical report | Survey, Remote sensing, Map, Aerial control operations | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
A locust officer's field guide | View URL | Guide | Behavior, Species identification, Outbreaks | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
A locust plague hit East Africa | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | National Geographic | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
A preliminary plan of joint Desert Locust surveys along common borders in the Central Region | View URL | Technical report | International development, Early warning, Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | |
View URL | Technical report | Meeting | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
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French | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Africa Braces for a Record Wave of Locusts | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | Wall Street Journal | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | Collective movement, Decision making, Emergency response | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Agricultural marketing advisory note: brown locust outbreak in South Africa | View URL | Technical report | Advisory note | National Agricultural Marketing Council | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
Annual report 1997 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, GPS, Locusts, RAMSES, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Annual report 1998 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, Database, Locust outbreaks, Biological control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Infestations, Geographic Information System (GIS) | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | ||
Artificial Intelligence Helping African Farmers in the Fight Against Locusts | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | Farmers Review Africa | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | The New York Times | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Assessment of the socio-economic impact of desert locusts and their control | View URL | Technical report | Management, Economics, Social science | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Assessment/search results | View URL | Guide | Grasshoppers, Database | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Atlas of desert locust breeding habitats | View URL | Guide | Breeding zones, Habitat, Map, Distribution, Biology, Ecology, Behavior, Phase polyphenism | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, George Basil Popov, G.B. Popov | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Barrier treatment as a means of controlling migratory locusts | View URL | Information hub | Chemical control, Application, Ecology, Nutrition | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Behind the success of desert locust control | View URL | Situation bulletin | Newsletter, Outbreaks, Management | Ministry of Agriculture State of Eritrea | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Sahelian tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon) |
Besieged by locusts, South Africa's farmers fight back | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | BBC News | English | Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) |
Biblical plague or manageable threat? | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks | The Telegraph | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Billions of locusts are descending on Ethiopia | View URL | Media | Video, General locust education, Media article, Locust outbreaks | Washington Post | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Brown locust outbreaks threaten Southern Africa | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Community development, Crop health, Food security, Livelihoods, Pesticide management, Pesticides, Governance, Emergency response, Management, Chemical control
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Farmer's Weekly | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa – here’s how | View URL | Media | Media article, Rainfall, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Food security, Livelihoods, Ecology, Biology, Education, Chemical control, Biological control, Rangeland management, Climate change, Modeling, Monitoring, Physiology
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The Conversation | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
Building national capacity | View URL | Guide | Education, Management, International development, Collective movement, Overview | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
CLCPRO Executive Committee Meeting Report Apr 1992 | View URL | Technical report | Meeting | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
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French | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
CLCPRO Executive Committee Meeting Report Feb 1991 | View URL | Technical report | Meeting | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
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French | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Community management of pest grasshoppers and locusts in Senegal | View URL | Guide | Management, Species identification, Agriculturist guide | Global Locust Initiative, United States Agency for International Development, Directorate of Plant Protection
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Wolof, French, English | |
View URL | Technical report | Survey, Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Control of the locust plague in Madagascar 2014 | View URL | Guide | Video, Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | French | Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) |
Country contingency plans for desert locust plague control campaigns | View URL | Technical report | Aerial control operations, Spraying, Chemical control, Behavior, Pesticides, Early warning, Management
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Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
CRC Progress report on research projects | View URL | Form | Worksheet | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Crunch, Crunch: Africa's Locust Outbreak Is Far From Over | View URL | Media | Media article, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Rangeland management, Livestock, Grazing, Livelihoods, Food security, Migration, Economics, Climate change, Weather
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US News & World Report | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Data transmission using Codan HF radios | View URL | Guide | Technology, eLocust | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Decisions and risks | View URL | Guide | Decision making, Survey, Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions across Horn of Africa | View URL | Media | Newsletter, Media article, Agriculture, Crop health, Food security, Livelihoods, Emergency response, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Management, Grazing, Decision making, Economics, Press release
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United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust component | View URL | Technical report | Management, Biological control, Pesticides | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust control in Somalia between 2019 and 2021 | View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Desert locust field handbook | View URL | Guide | Species identification, Management | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust invasion responding to a crisis within a crisis | View URL | Technical report | Presentation, Outbreaks, Emergency response | World Bank | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert Locust Master Trainer Manual | View URL | Guide | Locusts, Management, Training manual | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust preventive control strategy in the Near East and Horn of Africa | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Emergency response, Management, Infestations | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust standard survey/control form | View URL | Form | Outbreaks, Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust surveillance and control programmatic environmental assessment | View URL | Technical report | Monitoring, Environmental assessment, Management | United States Agency for International Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Desert locust technical series | Technical report | History, Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English, French, Arabic | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
Desert locust upsurge progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | View URL | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Management, Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa desert locust crisis fact sheets | View URL | Technical report | Emergency response, Outbreaks | United States Agency for International Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa Hazards Watch Map | View URL | Situation bulletin | Map | IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
East Africa regional desert locust impact monitoring reports | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Food security, Report | The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
East Africa’s plague of locusts and the bizarre climate science behind it | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Climate change, Weather, Rainfall, Agriculture, Crop health, Food security
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National Geographic | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Eastern Cape struck by worst locust infestation in 25 years, swathes of valuable grazing lost | View URL | Media | Media article, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Governance, Spraying, Pesticides, Environmental assessment, Emergency response, Grazing, Livestock, Rangeland management, Biological control, Chemical control, Management, Integrated pest management, Aerial control operations, Monitoring
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Daily Maverick | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
Emergency Locust Response Program Phase 3 The World Bank Group | View URL | Media | Media article | World Bank, Intergovernmental Authority on Development | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR progress report year 2000 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Monitoring, Survey, GPS, Forecasting | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR progress report year 2001 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Survey, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2003 | View URL | Technical report | Survey, Locust outbreaks | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2004 | View URL | Technical report | Locust outbreaks, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES CR Progress Report year 2005 | View URL | Technical report | Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES-CR progress report 1999 | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, RAMSES, Monitoring, Pesticides, Biological control | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
EMPRES/CR progress report year 2002 | View URL | Technical report | Campaign organization, Early warning, Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (1) control an outbreak campaign | View URL | Technical report | Chemical control, Report | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (2) control an upsurge Campaign | View URL | Technical report | Chemical control, Spraying, Aerial control operations | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources (3) control a plague Campaign | View URL | Technical report | Early warning, Worksheet | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Estimate the potential impact of DL resources control a plague campaign spreadsheet | View URL | Digital tool | Worksheet, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Ethiopia used chemicals to kill locusts | View URL | Media | Pesticides, Honeybees, Outbreaks | Mongabay, Malavika Vyawahare | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide, Biological control, Ecology, Infestations, Metarhizium acridum | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
FAO and government of Somalia open permanent desert locust monitoring centre | View URL | Media | Media article, Management | Prevention Web | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO check list for general monitoring of desert locust control operations | View URL | Form | Monitoring, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
View URL | Technical report | International development, Community development, Environmental assessment, Decision making | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | |
FAO desert locust control committee forty-second session | View URL | Technical report | Biopesticide, Emergency response, Management | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO desert locust survey and control form | View URL | Form | Survey | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO desert locust survey and control form instructions | View URL | Form | Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Infographic the 2020–2021 desert locust upsurge | View URL | Technical report | Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO Multilateral evaluation of the 2003-05 Desert Locust campaign | View URL | Technical report | Management | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO spray monitoring form | View URL | Form | Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO spray monitoring form instructions | View URL | Form | Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
FAO validation (SPOT-VTG) Form | View URL | Form | Survey | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Farmers fear locust invasion as swarms lay eggs in the Karoo | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Spraying, Chemical control, Weather, Rainfall, Agriculture, Crop health, Pesticides, Grazing, Livestock
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IOL | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
Farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst brown locust outbreak | View URL | Media | Media article, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Infestations, Crop health, Agriculture, Rainfall, Livelihoods, Livestock, Grazing, Food security, Governance, Community development, Monitoring, Management
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Namibia Economist | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
View URL | Guide | Advice, Metarhizium acridum | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Fighting a locust plague amid Covid-19 in east Africa | View URL | Media | Video, General locust education | The Guardian | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Finding a bearing | View URL | Guide | Compass | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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First floods, then desert locusts | View URL | Media | Newsletter, Agriculture, Crop health, Infestations, Food security, Press release, Media article, Management, Locusts, Locust outbreaks, Livelihoods, Emergency response, Community development, Advocacy
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Following a bearing | View URL | Guide | Compass | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Fourth meeting of the EMPRES consultative committee for the central region programme | View URL | Technical report | Management, Decision making, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
From plague to promise | View URL | Media | Edible insects, Outbreaks | Grist | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Future orientation and challenges | View URL | Technical report | Outbreaks, Management, International development, Emergency response, Early warning | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Global response plan January–December 2020 | View URL | Technical report | Emergency response, Outbreaks | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen Desert locust crisis appeal | View URL | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) | ||
Guide for identifying desert locust | View URL | Guide | Locusts, Biology, General locust education | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Guideline for the preparation of monthly campaign summary reports | View URL | Guide | Campaign organization, Spraying, Pesticides, Monitoring | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
Guidelines for developing research proposals | View URL | Guide | Locusts | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
High tech early warning system could curb next South African locust swarms | View URL | Media | 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
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Mongabay | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
How a single locust becomes a plague | View URL | Media | Media article, Education, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Infographic, Migration, Physiology, Morphology, Behavior, Crop health, Agriculture, Economics, Food security, Livelihoods, Rainfall, Weather, Climate change, Early warning, Monitoring, Chemical control, Pesticides, Aerial control operations, Biopesticide, Biological control, Management, Integrated pest management
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BBC News | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How a UN-led fight against locusts took a toxic toll on Kenyan farmers | View URL | Media | Locust outbreaks, Pesticides, Biopesticide, Emergency response | Grist | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How Kenya’s farmers are trying to outsmart locusts and climate change | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Outbreaks, Locusts, Infestations, Food security, Crop health, Agriculture, Climate change, Management
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The Independent | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How Somalia used biopesticides to win against desert locusts | View URL | Technical report | Biological control | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | English | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) |
How the Eastern Cape govt is helping farmers under siege from locust swarms | View URL | Media | Media article, Locust outbreaks, Locusts, Outbreaks, Infestations, Agriculture, Crop health, Aerial control operations, Chemical control, Pesticides, Pesticide management, Governance, Rainfall, Spraying, Public health, Grazing, Livestock, Collective movement
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News 24 | English | Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) |
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