LebanonThe intensive poultry farm of Mr. Hassan Shuman, a Lebanese pioneer in aviculture. Mr. Shuman cooperates closely with the Lebanese unit of HEAHI. - - FAO/UNDP/Project. The Near East Animal Health Inst...

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...

EthiopiaMeasurements of the insects' wings and other body parts are taken regularly, because they are related to breeding density of hoppers and, hen combined with other observations in the field, may indicat...

EthiopiaDesert locust (adults) infestation near Leida, about ten miles from Gogni field station. - - Desert locust control in East Africa.. More than forty countries, from West Africa to North India, are now...

EthiopiaDesert locust (adults) infestation near Leida, about ten miles from Gogni field station. - - Desert locust control in East Africa.. More than forty countries, from West Africa to North India, are now...

BotswanaFemale waterbuck and lambs on the Chobe Game Reserve. - - Wildlife Management.. Botswana is richly endowed with wildlife, but this resource has been threatened by increasing competition from livestock...

BotswanaWarthog on a game reserve. - - Wildlife Management.. Botswana is richly endowed with wildlife, but this resource has been threatened by increasing competition from livestock, particularly cattle. Seve...

BotswanaWhite egrets and open-billed storks on a game reserve. - - Wildlife Management.. Botswana is richly endowed with wildlife, but this resource has been threatened by increasing competition from livestoc...

EthiopiaDLCO-EA field worker dust with BHC. - - General: General.

EthiopiaCamels of the locust ground control team, loaded with BHC dust and dusters crossing the River Barca at Agordat. The ground control unit has eight camels and 21 men; they go out for up to a fortnight a...

TunisiaControlled grazing of sheep on a fenced parcel of land some 50 km west of Gabes. This demonstration will show the extent to which vegetation is degraded by grazing. The sheep are marked to indicate th...

MaliAn Anacridum melanorhodon or "tree locust", one of several pests that threatened thousands of food crops in the Sahel. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985 rains, breaking the worst...

MaliA USAID consultant, part of the ground team observation unit, receives the latest report on local wind conditions and grasshopper sightings from a ground observer. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in...

MaliWomen weave mats in the village of Durukini, north of Nara, one of many villages in the Sahel facing catastrophic food losses from the grasshopper infestation. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the...

MaliA Cavalaipus cymleiferus, one of several grasshopper species that threatened thousands of food crops in the Sahel. Its young hoppers attack germinating cereal crops. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign i...

MaliA tiny Senegalese grasshopper, one of millions that descended upon ripening millet and sorghum plants, in some cases devouring total crop areas. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985...

MaliA farmer holds what is left of his millet crop that had been devoured by Senegalese grasshoppers. - - Grasshopper Control Campaign in the Sahel. The 1985 rains, breaking the worst drought in a decade...

MoroccoAdult locusts flying over wheat fields in the foothills of the Anti Atlas mountains near Rich. - - Desert Locust Control Campaign in North-West Africa. In 1988 the Maghreb countries of north-west Afri...

MoroccoA farmer using donkeys to help thresh barley, a major food crop grown in Morocco. - - General: General. In 1986, delegates of 26 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

MoroccoMixed late instar hoppers (nymphs). - - Desert Locust Control Campaign in North-West Africa. In 1988 the Magreb countries of north-west Africa experienced a massive invasion of desert locust swarms-th...

AFRICAEthiopia, July 1968 - More than 40 countries, from West Africa to North India, are now threatened with the biggest desert locust outbreak since 1959, a record plague year. International efforts to con...

AFRICAUNDP Inter-Regional Desert Locust Project in East Africa Ethiopia, July 1968 - More than 40 countries, from West Africa to North India, are now threatened with the biggest desert locust outbreak s...

LEBANONLebanon, August 1967. Only small areas of the Lebanon are flat enough for arable farming, and in these areas agriculture is well developed. But the stage has been reached where irrigation is neces...

LEBANONLebanon, August 1967. Only small areas of the Lebanon are flat enough for arable farming, and in these areas agriculture is well developed. But the stage has been reached where irrigation is neces...