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.