Somalia10 November 2020, Eastern Somalia - Men take care of their camels. Desert Locust infestations cause severe damage on local communities by devastating crops, thereby affecting economies and livelihoods...

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - Men build a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Somalia in Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia, on 12th November,...

Somalia04 November 2019 - Osali village, Salal region, Somaliland - A swarm of Desert Locusts.

Somalia04 November 2019 - Osali village, Salal region, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar, from the Ministry of Agriculture, observes a swarm of Desert Locusts.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Mgaalo Bacado village, in Saaxil region, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in group...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland - An adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, can be seen on the ground.

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland - A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, a...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

Somalia03 November 2019 - Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, Locusts can be seen covering the ground. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - A government staff of the Ethiopian ministry of Agriculture is spraying against locust Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wigg...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - A government staff of the Ethiopian ministry of Agriculture is spraying against locust Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wigg...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia. - Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers/Panos. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - An invasion of locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis. Photo cre...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - An invasion of locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyri...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - A herd of camels is trying to find its way through an invasion of locust. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editoria...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - A government staff of the Ethiopian ministry of Agriculture is spraying against locust Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wigg...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

ETHIOPIADecember 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©...

Somalia05 November 2019, Chidhi, Somaliland - A locust swarm can be seen on farmland in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. Since the beginning of July, swarms of Desert Locust, or...

Somalia05 November 2019, Chidhi, Somaliland - A locust swarm can be seen on farmland in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. Since the beginning of July, swarms of Desert Locus...

Somalia05 November 2019, Chidhi, Somaliland - A swarm of Desert Locusts in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland. Since the beginning of July, swarms of Desert Locust, originating in Yemen, have been inva...

Somalia04 November 2019, Osali, Somaliland - A swarm of Desert Locusts in Osali village, Salal region, Somaliland. Since the beginning of July, swarms of Desert Locust, originating in Yemen, have been invadi...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar (left), from the Ministry of Agriculture, and Abdilahi Bataax, a farmer (right), hold a desert locusts as they pose for a photo on Abdilahi's far...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Two adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, can be seen on the ground in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland. Since the beginning of July, s...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Mohamed Omar (left), Abdirizak Awlia (centre), and Mohamed Said, from the Ministry of Agriculture, speak in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Abdirizak Awlia, from the Ministry of Agriculture, takes notes on the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 20...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Staff members from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland.The Ministry of Agriculture is moni...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. The Ministry of Agriculture is mo...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland.The Ministry of Agriculture is mon...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland.The Ministry of Agriculture is mon...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Staff members from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland.The Ministry of Agriculture is moni...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland.The Ministry of Agriculture is mon...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

Somalia03 November 2019, Ceel-gaal, Somaliland - Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Close ups of Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Crop...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Cr...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Cr...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Cr...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field vis...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm, (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field vis...

SRI LANKA25 March 2019, Sri Lanka - 26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit...

SRI LANKA25 March 2019, Sri Lanka - 26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit...

SRI LANKA25 March 2019, Sri Lanka - 26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visi...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visi...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visi...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visi...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - Farmers at work during a FAO team visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visi...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team visits Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The field visit conducted to the Field Cro...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team Introduce the new FAMEWS mobile application to farmers during a visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team Introduce the new FAMEWS mobile application to farmers during a visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team Introduce the new FAMEWS mobile application to farmers during a visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central...

SRI LANKA26/27 February 2019, Mahailuppallama, Sri Lanka - FAO team Introduce the new FAMEWS mobile application to farmers during a visit to Fall Army Worm (FAW) infested maize cultivation in the North Central...

MAURITANIA29 July 2004, Kaedi - A worker filling up canisters for spraying the locusts in the area with pesticide. More eco-friendly pesticides and biocontrol agents are under development but organophosphate pe...

MAURITANIA29 July 2004, Kaedi - A worker filling up canisters for spraying the locusts in the area with pesticide. More eco-friendly pesticides and biocontrol agents are under development but organophosphate pe...

IndiaScientists using an x-ray scanner to identify hidden infestations of plants. - - Development and Strengthening of Plant Quarantine Facilities: IND/92/032.

IndiaScientists using an x-ray scanner to identify hidden infestations of plants. - - Development and Strengthening of Plant Quarantine Facilities: IND/92/032.

GhanaIn West African countries, fishers have been hard hit by water weed infestations. The weeds, and water hyacinth in particular, slow down their boats and make landings difficult, and as a result, much...

UgandaBoat landing site on Lake Victoria, one of the world's largest bodies of freshwater, infested by water hyacinth. Fishers on Lake Victoria have been hard hit by water weed infestations. The weeds slow...

BrazilAn FAO expert (centre) explaining air survey techniques to trainees attending a course on the control of locusts and grasshoppers in the Central West region. - - Locust and Grasshopper Control. In 198...