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Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia
Moroccan Locust (DMA), Tajikistan 2008 ©FAO/A. Monard

General situation during August 2024, Forecast for September 2024 

The locust control campaign was completed in all countries by the end of the month. The locust situation was considered as calm in August, except in some areas of the Russian Federation where it was classified as caution due to flying adults of Italian (CIT) and Asian Migratory Locusts (LMI). Last treatments of 2024 were carried out on 35 554 ha in a few Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) countries.

In total, control operations covered 4 263 652 hectares (ha) in 2024 in CCA. The overall treated area increased by about 60% compared to the previous year (4.3 million ha against 2.7 million ha), mainly due to an increase of infestations in the following three countries: Kazakhstan (93%), Kyrgyzstan (80%) and the Russian Federation (42%). Infested and treated areas generally decreased in the Caucasus region while they were close to 2023 for the other CCA countries. During the forecast period, CIT and LMI natural life cycles will come to an end and most of the countries will start or continue autumn surveys for locust egg-pods. 

Regional monthly bulletins on locusts

General Situation during May 2010 Forecast until mid-July 2010
DMA hopper development is coming to an end in southern CCA countries and treatmentswill decrease; monitoring of remaining adult populations should continue to identify egg-beds in view of the 2011 locust campaign in particular in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. CIT and LMI hatching and hopper...
General Situation during April 2010 Forecast until mid-June 2010
The situation related to the Moroccan Locust (DMA) deteriorated during April in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with a significant increase of treated areas. A critical unprecedented situation arose in Georgia, where DMA infestations were detected along the border with Azerbaijan. In Kazakhstan, hopper control campaign started against DMA...
General Situation during March 2010 Forecast until mid-May 2010
The locust situation was calm during March in the major part of the Caucasian and Central Asian regions due to weather conditions still unsuitable for hatching. In southern Central Asian countries, hatching of the Moroccan Locust (DMA) started from mid-March and control operations were undertaken against small bands of...
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