Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
English
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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
English
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
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
English
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
English
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
English
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
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
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
English Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
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
English
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
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
English
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
News 24 English Brown locust (Locustana pardalina)


Projects

Name Acronym Image Status Project leads Related organization
Drones for desert locust control in East Africa
Active
NSF Coupled Natural Human Systems Living with Locusts CNH CNH Completed Arianne Cease, James Elser, Jon Harrison, Joleen Hadrich, Eli Fenichel, Brian Robinson, Mira Word Ries, Balanding Manneh, Ruth Farington, Marion Le Gall, Jennifer Learned Australian Plague Locust Commission, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Zoology, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Grassland Research Institute, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, Lanzhou University, New South Wales Local Land Services, Peace Corps Senegal, Directorate of Plant Protection, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Sydney
Project Locust Active Tomorrownow.io
USAID Bay Sa Waar Communities for Sustainable Agriculture USAID
Active Clara Therville, Alana Burnham, Marion Le Gall, Mira Word Ries, Alioune Beye, Lucile Marescot, Esther Diouf, Arianne Cease, Cyril Piou, Mamour Touré McGill University, Directorate of Plant Protection, Gaston Berger University, Global Locust Initiative, Arizona State University