A national trial using biopesticide Metarhizium acridum was carried out against Italian locust in June 2025 in Kyrgyzstan. The trial was conducted by the Department of Chemicalization, Plant Protection and Quarantine (DCPPQ), Ministry...

His Excellency Qurbon Hakimzoda, Minister of Agriculture of Tajikistan, visited the Swiss Center for Locust and Migratory Pests at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The same day, the Center also welcomed a...

The Turkmen Human Health and Environmental Monitoring Team benefited from an on-the-job training, delivered by the FAO Environmental Expert from 10 to 13 June 2025, on adopting risk reduction measures and monitoring the...

Three experts from Turkmenistan visited Tajikistan during the ongoing anti-locust campaign, from 26 to 31 May 2025, with a view to exchange information and experience on locust management. The Turkmen locust/plant protection experts,...

A locust cross-border survey was conducted for the first time between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, on 2-5 June 2025. The survey covered about 6000 ha in Zhambyl region (Kazakhstan) and in Chuy and Talas...