Emergency Desert Locust Response: How a Humanitarian Calamity was Mitigated
Hybrid Event, 21/10/2021
Oct. 21, 07:00 AM - 09:30 AM ET | Register
Join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a dynamic webinar explaining how the most destructive migratory pest in the world – the Desert Locust upsurge was averted. FAO experts, along with partners from the private sector, US government, and universities will discuss international efforts to control the Desert Locusts’ devastating effects.
Welcoming Remarks
Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO’s Liaison Office for North America
Introductory Remarks
Barbara Stinson, President, the World Food Prize Foundation
Panel Discussion
Keith Cressman, Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, FAO
David Hughes, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Global Food Security at Penn State University, and Founder, PlantVillage
Greg Vulinovich, InReach Project Lead for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East
Joe Huesing, Joint USDA FAS/USAID Desert Locust Efficacy and Cost-Benefit Assessment
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