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FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
04/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country.
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Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts
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FAO and World Bank continue support to Desert Locust surveillance and control operations in Yemen
24/09/2021
Efforts critical to safeguarding agriculture-based livelihoods as potential locust upsurge threatens to worsen an already precarious food security situation
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FAO provides cash plus livestock and agriculture packages to cushion vulnerable households from the desert locust invasion
05/08/2021
The desert locust invasion in Somalia has significantly affected the country’s food security, with successive generations of swarms destroying vital crops and pastures...
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FAO hands over the Desert Locust Information Office to Kenya
26/05/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today handed over the Desert Locust Information Office (DLIO) to the Government of Kenya.
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EU contribution of €8 million will strengthen gains in Desert Locust fight
14/05/2021
FAO welcomes new allocation to aid surveillance and control in the Horn of Africa
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Sudan leads and others follow in obtaining new technologies to track Desert Locusts
05/05/2021
In 2020 number of African countries experienced some of the worst Desert Locust (DL) upsurges in recent history
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Signs of hope in East Africa, as control campaign tames locust upsurge
12/04/2021
But FAO calls for increased surveillance to lock in gains, prevent a resurgence
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East Africa's locust "air force" could be grounded, as another wave of the scourge takes flight
20/01/2021
Funding shortfalls threaten continued operations
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Desert Locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts
23/12/2020
FAO seeks funds for control operations to safeguard agricultural production and livelihoods