The 7th Sub-Regional Training Course on Desert Locust
06/05/2012-15/05/2012
The 7th Sub-Regional Training Course on Desert Locust
The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) is organizing a training course in Amman, Jordan, during 6-15 May 2012.
The Desert Locust is considered to be the most serious agricultural pest that has been known to mankind, throughout history. The danger of the Desert Locust is in its constant threat to invade agricultural crops and natural pastures, thus, affecting the livelihoods and human welfare in addition to causing economic and social crises, which may extend its influence to cause political crises between states. Desert Locust spreads in a wide area comprising 30 countries, where breeding areas extend from India eastward to the Atlantic Ocean westward and from the Mediterranean basin northward to the north of the equator southward. As for the areas that may be invaded by desert locust swarms, they could reach up to 60 countries where about 1/8 of the world population live.
Given the seriousness of this pest, CRC was established, in 1965, within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Currently the Commission consists of the following member countries: Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The functions of the Commission are outlined as follows: i. planning and promoting any national, regional and international actions relating to survey and control of Desert Locust; ii. maintaining reserves of Locust control equipment, insecticides and other supplies to be used in case of emergency and to support member countries in building national capacities. The Commission also ensures that all member countries are provided with updated information with regard to Desert Locust infestations in addition to assisting the national research organizations and institutes of its members and coordinating research activities in its Region.
In the context of information exchanging and the importance of personnel training continuity on the practical methods and techniques used in the Desert Locusts survey and control operations, the 7th Training Course on Desert Locust Survey and Control Operations (Amman, Jordan), comes as a part of the national, regional and international training plans, that are held on a regular basis, for all the States concerned. It is also part of the many training courses and workshops that are aimed at building the technical capacities for Desert Locust staff for achieving effective control against desert locust, with minimum negative effects resulting from the use of chemical pesticides, to humans and the environment
The Desert Locust is considered to be the most serious agricultural pest that has been known to mankind, throughout history. The danger of the Desert Locust is in its constant threat to invade agricultural crops and natural pastures, thus, affecting the livelihoods and human welfare in addition to causing economic and social crises, which may extend its influence to cause political crises between states. Desert Locust spreads in a wide area comprising 30 countries, where breeding areas extend from India eastward to the Atlantic Ocean westward and from the Mediterranean basin northward to the north of the equator southward. As for the areas that may be invaded by desert locust swarms, they could reach up to 60 countries where about 1/8 of the world population live.
Given the seriousness of this pest, CRC was established, in 1965, within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Currently the Commission consists of the following member countries: Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The functions of the Commission are outlined as follows: i. planning and promoting any national, regional and international actions relating to survey and control of Desert Locust; ii. maintaining reserves of Locust control equipment, insecticides and other supplies to be used in case of emergency and to support member countries in building national capacities. The Commission also ensures that all member countries are provided with updated information with regard to Desert Locust infestations in addition to assisting the national research organizations and institutes of its members and coordinating research activities in its Region.
In the context of information exchanging and the importance of personnel training continuity on the practical methods and techniques used in the Desert Locusts survey and control operations, the 7th Training Course on Desert Locust Survey and Control Operations (Amman, Jordan), comes as a part of the national, regional and international training plans, that are held on a regular basis, for all the States concerned. It is also part of the many training courses and workshops that are aimed at building the technical capacities for Desert Locust staff for achieving effective control against desert locust, with minimum negative effects resulting from the use of chemical pesticides, to humans and the environment