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Somalia and FAO strengthen cooperation to curb the spread of desert locust
20/04/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Somalia have recently strengthened their partnership to scale up local capacities, surveillance and control operations to combat the desert locust upsurge.

FAO welcomes $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to fight desert locusts in East Africa
20/04/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to step up the fight against the desert locust outbreak in East Africa amid concern about an imminent upsurge in numbers.

In East Africa: a race to outsmart locusts with drones and data
14/04/2020
While the eyes of the world are on the novel coronavirus, East Africa continues to struggle with another crisis of biblical proportions: growing swarms of ravenous locusts.

FAO continues to fight Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen despite COVID-19 constraints
09/04/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is continuing its efforts to contain the desert locust upsurge in East Africa despite restrictions on the movement of personnel and equipment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biopesticides for locust control
30/03/2020
East Africa is going through a massive desert locust infestation that’s stripping farming families of food and income and threatening the food security of millions throughout the region.

Desert locusts ground surveillance intensified in Kenya
13/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today began training 300 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees at as part of its action plan aimed at boosting the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) ground surveillance on desert locusts.

FAO thanks Sweden for backing East Africa desert locust response
12/03/2020
FAO has thanked the government of Sweden for its pledge of $4 million to combat the swarms of crop-devouring desert locusts in East Africa and provide livelihoods support to help affected families weather the crisis.

FAO welcomes USD 19 Million from the United States to fight locusts in East Africa
06/03/2020
The effort to stop ravenous swarms of desert locust attacking crops and pastures in East Africa has gotten another boost, thanks to a $19 million contribution from the United States. Early in the respond the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) made initial pledges of nearly $9M to support FAO's response, which it since increased by $10 million more.

Switzerland pitches in to help contain desert locust swarms in East Africa
28/02/2020
Switzerland has pledged $1 million for the ongoing campaign in East Africa aimed at controlling large infestations of the pernicious crop pest and limit damages to crops and pastures that millions of people in the region depend on.

Germany contributes EUR 17 million to combat the impact of the desert locust upsurge in East Africa
28/02/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a €17 million contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those directly affected by the desert locust upsurge in East Africa.