An overall area of 1600 ha was treated with the biopesticide Metarhizium acridum in May/July 2024 in Uzbekistan, including in the Republic of Karakalpakstan (800 ha), Bukhara (300 ha), Navoi (300 ha) and...

On 16-18 July 2024, a National Contingency Plan Workshop was organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, acting as a pilot country for this activity in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA). The scope of the workshop...

Moroccan Locust (DMA) lifecycle was close to its end in most parts of Central Asia (CA); mating and egglaying continued in some parts as well as in the Caucasus. Italian Locust (CIT) fledging and mating...

On 2-5 June 2024, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Shandong Province of China convened an International Conference on “New Technology and Concept for Sustainable Management of Locusts and Grasshoppers”, which attracted...

Treatments with the biopesticide Metarhizium acridum were carried out in Kyrgyzstan against the Italian Locust, for the first time ever in the country,...