General Situation during June 2010 Forecast until mid-August 2010
DMA immature and mature adults were present in all CCA countries that were already infested, and DMA life cycle completed in southern Central Asia. CIT hatching started in Kyrgyzstan, hopper development continued in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and fledging started in some places. LMI...
General Situation during May 2010 Forecast until mid-July 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...
General Situation during April 2010 Forecast until mid-June 2010
The situation related to the Moroccan Locust (DMA) deteriorated during April in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with a significant increase of treated areas. A critical unprecedented situation arose in Georgia, where DMA infestations were detected along the border with Azerbaijan. In Kazakhstan, hopper control campaign started against DMA...
General Situation during March 2010 Forecast until mid-May 2010
The locust situation was calm during March in the major part of the Caucasian and Central Asian regions due to weather conditions still unsuitable for hatching. In southern Central Asian countries, hatching of the Moroccan Locust (DMA) started from mid-March and control operations were undertaken against small bands of...