Locust Watch
Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia

N.3: May 2010

Published: 01/05/2010

DMA hopper development is coming to an end in southern CCA countries and treatmentswill decrease; monitoring of remaining adult populations should continue to identify egg-beds in view of the 2011 locust campaign in particular in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. CIT and LMI hatching and hopper development are ongoing and a significant increase of control operations is expected by the end of the forecast period, especially in Georgia and Kazakhstan. So far during the 2010 locust campaign, more than 1 million hectares have been treated of which more than 75% in Kazakhstan (mainly CIT) and Uzbekistan (mainly DMA).