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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.

URL
http://www.fao.org/3/ca9249en/CA9249EN.pdf
Date
2020
Publisher
FAO
Region
Global, Asia & Pacific, Africa
Keywords
Agriculture, Animal & plant health, Family farmers & smallholders, Food environments, Food security, Natural resources, Rural livelihoods
Policy Theme
Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture