About the Commission
The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) was created under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution. It comprises 11 member countries from West and North-West Africa: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Tunisia.The purpose of the CLCPRO is to promote, at national, regional and international level, all actions, including research and training, to ensure rational and sustainable management of preventive control and to deal with Desert Locust invasions in the western region of its habitat, comprising West and North-West Africa.
Events Schedule
30/8
2026
3/9
2026
Planning Workshop for the 6th Regional Training Plan (PFR VI) 2027-2029
N'Djamena (Chad), 30/08/2026 - 03/09/2026
A workshop bringing together CLCPRO member countries to assess the performance of the 5th Regional Training Plan (2022-2026) and develop the new Regional Training Plan covering the 2027-2029 period, aimed at sustainably strengthening the capacities of national Desert Locust control systems.
3/8
2026
4/8
2026
Closing Workshop of the Technical Cooperation Project TCP/LIB/4003
Tripoli (Libya), 03/08/2026 - 04/08/2026
A workshop marking the official closure of the emergency technical cooperation project in favour of Libya, aimed at reviewing the training sessions and activities carried out and examining prospects for sustaining the results achieved.
6/7
2026
9/7
2026
Regional Planning Workshop for the 2026 Summer Desert Locust Control Campaign in the Western Region
Nouakchott (Mauritania), 06/07/2026 - 09/07/2026
A coordination meeting bringing together the directors the National Desert Locust Control Units from the eleven CLCPRO member countries, to assess the current locust situation and develop a coordinated regional action plan for the 2026 summer campaign (July-September).
Recent Publications
Report of the Closing Workshop of the AFD Project: “Consolidating the foundations of the preventive control strategy and developing operational research on the Desert Locust in the Western Region”
16/03/2026
After five years of implementation of the AFD project “Consolidating the foundations of the preventive control strategy and developing operational research...
Newsletter of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO), No. 13
31/01/2026
This edition of the newsletter provides an overview of the year 2025, highlighted by the management of the Desert Locust outbreaks in the Western Region,...
Categories: CLCPRO, Newsletters
Report on the trial treatment of Desert Locust larvae using the biopesticide Metarhizium acridum
16/12/2025
This report presents the results of a field trial conducted in the Inchiri region (Mauritania) from 10 November to 10 December 2025, aimed at evaluating...
Categories: Environnement, Rapports
Report on the Regional Training on the Operational Use of the Biopesticide Metarhizium acridum against the Desert Locust
17/11/2025
As part of its efforts to promote sustainable control methods, CLCPRO organized in Mauritania, from 5 to 14 November 2025, a regional training on the...
Categories: Ateliers, Environnement, Rapports
Liens importants
- Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP)
- Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC)
- Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia (SWAC)
- Locust Watch
- Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS)
- Locusts and Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases (NSPMD)
Contact
Executive SecretaryMohamed Lemine Hamouny
Address: 30, rue Asselah Hocine, BP 270 RP. Alger - Algérie
Tel.: +213 (0) 23 509 115
Fax: +213 (0) 23 509 095
Email: CLCPRO@fao.org