Desert locust upsurge | Global Response Plan (January–December 2020)

The Global Response Plan presents an overview of FAO's ongoing desert locust response activities, as well as funding needs for the remainder of 2020 in order to: sustain ongoing operations and livelihoods support in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, scale up operations and assistance in southwest Asia where the locust is an increasing threat, and prepare for a potential future outbreak in West Africa and the Sahel.

The Global Response Plan includes:

• The revised desert locust crisis appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen (January-December 2020)
• The desert locust crisis appeal for Southwest Asia (May-December 2020)
• The desert locust crisis appeal for West Africa (May-December 2020)