News
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.
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
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
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...
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.
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
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
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
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
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
