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A technical report is a formal written document that presents detailed technical information, findings, or recommendations resulting from scientific, operational, or regulatory work. It is typically more structured and specialized than a general article or newsletter, and it may be used to inform decision‑making, guide implementation, or share data and analysis within a professional or technical community.

Situation bulletins are a subset of technical reports that are usually published by various organizations on the status of outbreaking locust and grasshopper species.

View a full list of situation bulletins here.


Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) technical reports

The FAO has many reports that are written after outbreaks, conferences, trainings, etc. to document and reflect on lessons learned, techniques, and outcomes. Desert locust progress reports, real-time evaluations and environmental assessments

According to the FAO website, "The Pesticide Referee Group is an independent body of experts that advises FAO on the efficacy and environmental impact of different pesticides for locust control. This advice is based on a critical review of reports submitted by industry, research institutes, plant protection departments, of other available literature, and on the experience of its members and of FAO experts. The resulting advice systematically lists pesticides suitable for locust control from the scientific point of view. The PRG has no legal status. All uses of pesticides discussed in this report are fully subject to national legislation, regulation and registration."

Learn more and view reports

USAID reports

USAID Environmental safeguard guidance and resources
Access country-level assessments, pesticide management, environmental health, environment in humanitarian action, and climate risk management.

APHIS historical grasshopper archives

USDA’s wealth of resources, accumulated over decades in filing cabinets and hard drives, has previously been difficult for stakeholders to access or use effectively. Through this collaboration betweenASU's Global Locust Initiative and APHIS's Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in Arizona, those materials have been curated and integrated into the portal below where you can filter and view documents by keyword themes. The documents on this portal include records of grasshopper population surveys, outbreak maps, descriptions of control efforts, impact assessments, and reports from trials and experiments with different management approaches. Together, these materials illustrate both the scale of the problem and the ongoing search for effective, sustainable strategies in grasshopper management across western rangelands.

Access the archive interface HERE or by clicking on the image below. You will need to create a free account with Airtable if view the data. If you need any assistance please reach out to [email protected]

The Rangeland Community Management Portal is a collaborative effort between ASU's Global Locust Initiative and APHIS's Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in Arizona. This collaboration is developing an interactive resource that connects users to biological and management information for the top pest grasshopper species in the western United States.


All technical reports

English short title Year published Category Author Species purview Geographic purview Language
2008 FAO High-level conference on world food security 2008 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English
2020 Appeal to the international community 2020 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fishery, Livestock and Marine Resources Djibouti English
2021 evaluation of field trials data on the efficacy and selectivity of insecticides on locusts and grasshoppers 2021 Technical report, Technical reports Locust Pesticide Referee Group, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Europe, Asia, Americas, Oceania English
A scoping paper on the ongoing desert locust crisis 2019-2021+ 2022 Technical report, Reference works Think Tank for Sustainability Asia, Africa English
Agricultural marketing advisory note: brown locust outbreak in South Africa 2020 Technical report, Instructional guides National Agricultural Marketing Council South Africa English
Analysis of historical outbreaks of the brown locust 2026 Technical report, Reference works Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, Roger Price South Africa English
APHIS regulatory documents 2018 Technical report, Technical reports Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service United States English
ARC-PHP brown locust fact sheet series 2024 Technical report, Instructional guides Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, Roger Price South Africa English
ARC-PHP Southern African desert locust fact sheet series 2024 Technical report, Instructional guides Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, Roger Price South Africa English
Arthropod and nematode parasites, parasitoids, and predators of Acrididae in America north of Mexico 1973 Technical report, Reference works United States Department of Agriculture United States English
Behind the success of desert locust control 2022 Technical report, Technical reports Eritrea English
Climate change and locusts Pakistan 2020 Technical report, Reference works Sustainable Development Policy Institute Pakistan English
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) ad hoc, emergency, other meetings 1971 Technical report, Reference works Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) committee meetings 1971 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) survey reports 1971 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) training and workshops 1971 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
Crickets and grasshoppers in Utah 1931 Technical report, Technical reports Utah State University United States English
Crop prospects and food situation 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Northern America, Latin America and the Caribbean English
Desert locust control in Somalia between 2019 and 2021 2022 Technical report, Technical reports Somalia English
Desert locust invasion responding to a crisis within a crisis 2020 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Yemen, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda English
Desert Locust Monitoring and Loss Assessment in Yemen Technical report, Technical reports Yemen English
Desert locust surveillance and control programmatic environmental assessment 2020 Technical report, Technical reports United States Agency for International Development Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia English
Desert locust technical series Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Senegal, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Niger, Mali English, French, Arabic
Desert locust upsurge progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
Differentiation, ecology, and distribution of immature slant-faced grasshoppers (Acridinae) in Kansas 1967 Technical report, Reference works Kansas State University, Merlyn A. Brusven United States English
East Africa desert locust crisis fact sheets 2019, 2020, 2021 Technical report, Technical reports United States Agency for International Development Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo English
East Africa regional desert locust impact monitoring reports 2021 Technical report, Technical reports The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda English
Ecology and Management of Mormon Cricket, Anabrus simplex Haldeman 1987 Technical report, Reference works Colorado State University, John Capinera, Charles MacVean United States English
Edible insects 2013 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English
EMPRES meeting, research, workshop, survey report collection 2002 Technical report, Reference works Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases Egypt English
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources control an outbreak campaign excel file worksheets Technical report, Interactive visual tools Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
FAO commission for controlling the desert locust in the central region fifty years fighting desert locust 2016 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia English
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) commission meeting reports Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger French
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) national management plans Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger French
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) Report of Joint Prospecting with the Use of Drones or Biopesticides in Desert Locust Surveillance Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger French
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) workshops Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger French
FAO Emergency Centre for Locust Operations After Action Review 2005 2005 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Asia English
FAO Infographic the 2020–2021 desert locust upsurge 2022 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Eastern Africa English
FAO Locust Watch Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) meeting, research, workshop, survey report collection 2022 Technical report, Reference works FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan English
FAO Multilateral evaluation of the 2003-05 Desert Locust campaign 2006 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Eastern Africa English
FAO-CRC Executive Secretary witnessed Eritrea’s commitment to control desert locust 2019 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Eritrea English
FAO’s technical series on locust management in the Caucasus and Central Asia 2026 Technical report, Instructional guides Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Alexandre Latchininsky Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia English
Field tests on an integrated Differential GPS navigation and spray monitoring system for aerial Desert Locust control operations 1998 Technical report, Technical reports Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Sudan English
GICSV 2020 International Year of the Plant Health technical reports 2021 Technical report, Reference works Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil English
Global response plan January–December 2020 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Iran, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda English
Grasshopper investigations on Montana rangelands 1952 Technical report, Technical reports Montana State University, Norman L. Anderson, John C. Wright United States English
Grasshopper IPM program Technical report, Instructional guides North Dakota State University United States English
Grasshoppers in California 1902 Technical report, Technical reports C.W. Woodworth United States English
Grasshoppers their habits and damage 1964 Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture United States English
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen Desert locust crisis appeal 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea English
Impact of desert locust infestation on household livelihoods and food security in Ethiopia 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Ethiopia English
Improving national and regional locust management in Caucasus and Central Asia 2015 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia (country) English
International appeals and reports on locust outbreaks in Madagascar Technical report, Interactive visual tools Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Madagascar English
IUCN European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets 2016 Technical report, Reference works Europe English
Lessons learned from the 2004 FAO aerial operations against desert locustx 2005 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Asia English
Locust Invasion in Ethiopia 2021 Technical report, Technical reports Sydney Gourlay, John Ilukor Ethiopia English
Locust pesticide referee group reports Technical report, Instructional guides Locust Pesticide Referee Group Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English, French, Arabic, Russian
Mormon crickets in North America 1959 Technical report, Reference works United States Department of Agriculture United States English
National Environmental Policy Act Documents Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service United States English
NSF Coupled Natural Human Systems Living with Locusts project summary 2021 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Australian Plague Locust Commission, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, New South Wales Local Land Services, Directorate of Plant Protection, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Sydney Senegal, Australia, China, United States English, Spanish, French
Oregon grasshopper and Mormon cricket survey summaries Technical report, Technical reports Oregon Department of Agriculture United States English
Orthoptera of Maine 1921 Technical report, Reference works United States Department of Agriculture United States English
Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen 2021 Technical report, Technical reports United States Agency for International Development Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya English
Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket suppression program 2019 Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture English
Real-time evaluation of FAO's response to the desert locust upsurge 2020–2021 2022 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Eastern Africa English
Regional appeal to contain the African Migratory Locust October 2020 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Locust Pesticide Referee Group Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe English
Report of Monitoring and Assessment of Desert Locust in Africa and Asia 2020 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Africa, Asia English
Scientific review of the impact of climate change on plant pests 2021 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English
Seminario de Cooperación Regional Langosta Sudamericana: Estado de situación y cooperación 2020 Technical report, Interactive visual tools The National Food Safety and Quality Service Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay Spanish
Short-term population forecasting of the Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) based on machine-learning algorithms 2025 Technical report, Technical reports Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, Australian Plague Locust Commission, Edward Deveson, Allan Spessa, John Baumgartner, James Camac Australia English
Situation of locust and grasshopper plagues in South America December 2022 2022 Technical report, Technical reports Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur, The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, National Plant and Seed Health and Quality Service, Servivio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Spanish
Six-legged livestock 2013 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Thailand English
South American locust NSF Grant for Rapid Response Research project summary 2021 Technical report, Interactive visual tools The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, National Plant and Seed Health and Quality Service, Global Locust Initiative, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Arizona State University Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, United States English, Spanish, French
Southern Africa locust outbreak September 2020 2020 Technical report, Technical reports Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Asia English
Supplementary environmental assessment (SEA) for USAID funding of locust or grasshopper pesticide usage in Sudan 1990 Technical report, Technical reports United States Agency for International Development Sudan English
Sustainable use and conservation of microbial and invertebrate biological control agents and microbial biostimulants 2023 Technical report, Reference works Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English
Synthesis of the governance workshop on the South American Locust 2021 Technical report, Interactive visual tools Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, The National Food Safety and Quality Service, Global Locust Initiative, Clara Therville, John Anderies, Hector Medina, Rick Overson, Eduardo Trumper, Arianne Cease Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States English, Spanish
Technical paper on the Central American locust 2016 Technical report, Reference works Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Mexico Spanish
The banded-wing grasshoppers of Idaho 1967 Technical report, Reference works George B. Hewitt, William F. Barr United States English
The desert locust guidelines biology and behavior 1994 Technical report, Instructional guides Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations United States English
The FAO commission for controlling the desert locust in South-West Asia 2014 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran English
The Grasshopper Mite 1944 Technical report, Reference works United States English
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona 1942 Technical report, Reference works University of Arizona, E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock, C. T. Vorhies United States English
The grasshoppers of Kansas, part I 1915 Technical report, Technical reports University of Kansas, P.W. Claassen United States English
The High Plains grasshopper 1958 Technical report, Reference works United States Department of Agriculture, Claude Wakeland United States English
The more destructive grasshoppers of Kansas 1897 Technical report, Technical reports University of Kansas, J.S. Parks United States English
The North Dakota grasshopper integrated pest management demonstration project 2000 Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture, Mark A. Quinn, R. Nelson Foster, Wendal Cushing, David C. Hirsch, Keith Winks, K. Christian Reuter United States English
The Orthoptera of Michigan 2003 Technical report, Reference works Roger G. Bland United States English
The vegetation of rangeland sites associated with some grasshopper studies in Montana 1973 Technical report, Technical reports Montana State University, Norman L. Anderson United States English
UN University desert locust outbreak technical report 2021 Technical report, Reference works United Nations University, United Nations Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers 2023 Technical report, Technical reports University of Arizona, Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett, Micah Gay United States English
USAID Bay Sa Waar Communities for Sustainable Agriculture project summary 2021 Technical report, Interactive visual tools United States Agency for International Development, The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, Global Locust Initiative, Gaston Berger University, Directorate of Plant Protection, United Nations AGRHYMET Regional Center, Le Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne, National Desert Locust Control Center, National Network of Agriculture Chambers of Niger, Office de la Protection des Végétaux, The International Committee of the Red Cross, Mira Word Ries Senegal English, Spanish, French
USDA APHIS conference proceeding collection Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine United States English
USDA APHIS grasshopper management collection Technical report, Technical reports Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture English
USDA APHIS historical meeting report collection Technical report, Technical reports United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service United States English
USDA APHIS-PPQ-Science & Technology Phoenix Lab Rangeland Unit project summary 2021 Technical report, Interactive visual tools APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture United States English, Spanish, French
Utah grasshopper and Mormon cricket report 2011 Technical report, Interactive visual tools APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Clint Burfitt, Greg Abbott United States English
White/Wiphala paper on Indigenous Peoples Food Systems English 2021 Technical report, Reference works Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania English, Spanish, French
World Bank Procurement plan for Ethiopia 2020 2021 2012 Technical report, Technical reports Ethiopia English
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins Technical report, Technical reports English
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