Informes

FAO has re-established an Emergency Centre for Locust Operations (ECLO) based at headquarters. ECLO continually reviews the locust situation and is the focal point for assistance to locust affected countries. It sets priorities for the assistance needed based on…

FAO NEWS RELEASE 04/104 E Summer harvest in the Sahel at risk control operations expanded - donor response slow Rome, 17 September 2004 -- The desert locust crisis in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger is expected to deteriorate over the next…

Locusts, which have already caused significant damage to crops and pasture in several West African countries, are swarming rapidly and threaten new invasions with the likelihood of even larger infestations next spring and further risk to the food supply,…

General situation as of 15 September 2004 Medium-term forecast to Spring 2005 Widespread breeding continued during the first half of September throughout the Sahelian Zone in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger and, to a lesser extent, Burkina Faso. Hopper bands are rapidly…

Weekly Introduction:Update Of ITCZ During the period from August 21-31 2004, the African portion of the ITCZ moved dramatically to the south in the eastern half of the continent. During the past dekad, the eastern region of…

September 14, 2004, Baltimore, MD -- As agricultural programs across West Africa show the devastation of the swarms of desert locusts that have descended upon the region, pest control measures so far have reached only a fraction of the…

Le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères Karel De Gucht a décidé de libérer 532.500 USD pour la lutte contre l'invasion des criquets pèlerins qui ravagent pour l'instant l'agriculture et l'élevage dans la région du Sahel. Cette invasion qui affecte pour l'instant neuf…

"I have never seen in my life such locusts! And I am 60 years-old now. This reminds me of the year 1973 during the big drought. That year, the rainy season started late. At the end of July the…

By Micael Johnstone DAKAR/NEW YORK, 3 September 2004 - A 12-country emergency meeting in Dakar, Senegal has decided to use national armed forces to help combat the devastating spread of desert locusts in West Africa. Ministers at the meeting have agreed to…

FAO NEWS RELEASE 04/96 E Emergency calls for rapid response Rome, 2 September 2004 -- Calling the next two months in the battle against Desert Locusts in West Africa "extremely crucial," Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture…