Reports

BAMAKO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Mali's government said on Saturday it could supply enough food for villagers who watched locusts devour their harvests and that the threat posed by the insects had largely subsided. Aid workers are beginning to assess…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] SAINT LOUIS, 13 October (IRIN) As swarms of locusts began devastating the crops and pasture lands of West Africa during this year's rainy season, the first teams to…

Note: This report updates the last Situation Report dated September 21, 2004. Background During July and August of 2003, favorable climatic conditions resulted in increased locust breeding levels throughout Sahelian West Africa. The density of the swarms increased during October and November…

By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - West Africa's worst locust plague for 15 years has encroached on one of the region's largest rice-growing areas, authorities in Mali said on Friday. Massive swarms have infested thousands of km (miles) of…

For the past month, the people of Timbuktu in Mali have been battling hordes of locusts that are destroying their crops, with the help of a suitcase radio donated by UNESCO in 2001. "The suitcase radio is very, very…

Australia will contribute $300,000 to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to help control a locust plague which is sweeping across countries in northwest and west Africa. These countries include Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger. The locust plague is…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BAMAKO, 23 September (IRIN) - Locusts are expected to destroy about one million tonnes of this year's grain crop in Mali - about one third of the expected…

Rome, 20 September 2004 -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today raised its latest 2004 cereal output forecast by 29 million tonnes to 1 985 million tonnes compared to its previous projection in June 2004. The wheat crop…

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), begins a 10-day tour of Senegal, Mauritania and Mali to survey ongoing locust infestation. During…

BAMAKO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - West Africa's worst locust plague for 15 years has slashed cereal production in Mali by between 40 and 45 percent, the country's agriculture minister said on Thursday. The locusts had infested a swathe of land between…