Workshop on Locust Data Analysis, Forecast and Reporting in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) 16 - 18 March 2021 Online
Provisional Agenda
Opening
1. Introduction & Round of presentation
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Insights on global Desert Locust forecasting and relevance to CCA
Session 1: Locust data collection
4. Use of the Automated System for Data Collection (ASDC) during the 2019 and 2020 locust campaigns: challenges, solutions, etc.
5. Locust monitoring: how many and which annual surveys are needed? Which is real economic threshold: how do you decide to treat or not to treat?
6. Introduction of ASDC beta version
Session 2: Locust data analysis
7. Use of the Caucasus and Central Asia Management System (CCALM) to analyze locust data
8. Examples of different locust GIS
9. Use of QGIS as additional instrument for analysis of data from different sources
Session 3: Locust forecast
10. How to improve locust forecast using CCALM?
Session 4: Locust reporting
11. How to improve national bulletins, including with CCALM products?
Closing
12. Recommendations for ASDC and CCALM improvement and use in 2021
13. Ending remarks
All working papers will be available on the FAO "Locust Watch CCA website" at: