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Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia
Moroccan Locust (DMA), Tajikistan 2008 ©FAO/A. Monard

General Situation during August 2025 Forecast for September 2025

The locust control campaign was completed in all Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) countries, the situation being thus calm for all species, in all areas, at the end of the reporting period. Moroccan locust (DMA) lifecycle was completed in Caucasus while Italian locust (CIT) and Asian migratory locust (LMI) natural lifecycles started to come to an end; the die off will continue in September in remaining areas. Treatments were conducted in four countries in August, covering 20  494  hectares (ha). With this, the total area treated in CCA during the 2025 campaign reached 3 856 752 ha, which is about 10% lower than the previous year (4 295 137 ha). In September, countries will continue campaign analyses and a few of them will start the autumn egg-pod surveys. 

General Situation during March 2017 and Forecast until mid-May 2017
Moroccan Locust (DMA) hatching is starting slowly in southern Central Asian countries, namely Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as a consequence of prolonged cool temperatures and rains. During the forecast period, DMA hatching followed by hopper development will generalize in that four countries while hatching will start in Kazakhstan and Russia...
This document gathers all monthly summaries on the locust and anti-locust situations produced during the locust campaign (extract of the monthly bulletins).
General Situation during August 2016 Forecast until mid-October 2016
Moroccan Locust (DMA) egg-laying continued or was coming to an end in northern Central Asian (CA) countries and in Azerbaijan. Italian Locust (CIT) fledging continued in Armenia and Russia while egg-laying was in progress in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan and came to an end in Georgia. Asian Migratory Locust (LMI)...
General Situation during July 2016 Forecast until mid-September 2016
Moroccan Locust (DMA) egg-laying was in progress in all Central Asian (CA) countries as well as in Azerbaijan. Italian Locust (CIT) fledging started everywhere and egg-laying was in progress in most of the infested countries except in Armenia and Russia. Asian Migratory Locust (LMI) fledging started in Kazakhstan, Russia...
General Situation during June 2016 Forecast until mid-August 2016
Moroccan Locust (DMA) adult stage was reached in all Central Asian (CA) countries as well as in Azerbaijan. Italian Locust (CIT) hopper development was coming to an end in Georgia and Russia while fledging started in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and mating was in progress in Tajikistan. Migratory Locust (LMI)...