Desert locust upsurge |Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, September–December 2020

By the end 2020, a total of USD 191 650 000 has been mobilized by FAO to respond to the desert locust upsurge in the...

Desert locust upsurge | Progress report on the response in Southwest Asia, May–December 2020

This progress report details the work carried out by FAO across the Southwest Asia to combat the unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods posed...

Anticipatory action to mitigate impacts of the desert locust invasion on food security and livelihoods in the front-line countries of West Africa and the Sahel

Project profile: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger and Senegal

The impact of a desert locust invasion may cause nearly 13.4 million people to suffer...

Southwest Asia | Desert locust crisis appeal, May–December 2020

The desert locust crisis appeal for Southwest Asia details the funding needed by FAO to combat this destructive pest that is threatening countries across the...

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...

Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | Desert locust crisis appeal, January–December 2020

The worst desert locust outbreak in decades is underway in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, where tens of thousands of hectares of cropland...

West Africa | Desert locust crisis appeal, May–December 2020

Recent forecasts by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have indicated a risk of locust invasion in West Africa from June...