Italy09 June 2022, Rome Italy - Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO Plant Production and Protection Division. Showcasing the collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...

Italy09 June 2022, Rome Italy - Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO Plant Production and Protection Division. Showcasing the collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...

Italy09 June 2022, Rome Italy - Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO Plant Production and Protection Division. Showcasing the collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...

Italy09 June 2022, Rome Italy - Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO Plant Production and Protection Division. Showcasing the collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...

Namibia19 April 2021, Ekamba, Namibia - A young woman walks amidst a swarm of locusts on a hot summer afternoon as she makes her way to the local market place in Ekamba, a small village settlement located in...

Namibia19 April 2021, Ekamba, Namibia - A young woman walks amidst a swarm of locusts on a hot summer afternoon as she makes her way to the local market place in Ekamba, a small village settlement located in...

Italy12 May 2022 - Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) - Protecting plants, protecting life.

Italy12 May 2022 - Jingyuan Xia, Director of FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP). International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) - Protecting plants, protecting life.

Equatorial Guinea09 April 2022, Baney, Equatorial Guinea - Agricultural student Teodonio Alfredo, 27, sprays plants pepper plants with fertilizer at a farm with demonstration plots for agricultural students to learn d...

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture from Left); Arop Deng, IPPC; Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary; Beth Bechdol,...

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture) Gallery views.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture) Gallery views.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture) Gallery views.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. Sara Brunel, IPPC.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. Natsumi Yamada, IPPC.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. John Greifer IPPC Vice-Chairperson.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. Osama El-Lissy, New Secretary For International Plant Protection Convention.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture from Left); Arop Deng, IPPC; Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary; Beth Bechdol,...

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. Arop Ding, IPPC.

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture from Left); Arop Deng, IPPC; Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary; Beth Bechdol,...

05 April 2021, Rome, Italy - Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, 16th Session (CPM 16) - Opening Session. (Composite picture from Left); Arop Deng, IPPC; Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary; Beth Bechdol,...

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Staff members of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture prepare pesticides in the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture prepares pesticides in the Dhiganle village.

Somalia09 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Men stand during the locust outbreak at Dhiganle village.

Somalia09 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A young boy stands behind nets during locust outbreak at Dhiganle village.

Somalia09 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Men sit during the locust outbreak at the Dhiganle village, .

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Roger Shone, a helicopter pilot, starts the engine at the Garowe Airport.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Roger Shone, an helicopter leaves the Garowe Airport.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Roger Shone, an helicopter pilot, starts the engine at the Garowe Airport.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Roger Shone, an helicopter pilot, walks at Garowe Airport.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - An helicopter pilot starts the engine at Garowe Airport.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - FAO staff and pilots stand at the Garowe Airpor.

Somalia09 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Pilots getting ready during a serious and widespread desert Locusts outbreak at the Garowe Airport.

Somalia08 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Abdikhadir Samata, sits at his office at Ministry of Environment.

Somalia08 November 2020, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia - Abdiaziiz Nor Elmi, General Director of Ministry Environment, sits at his office at Ministry of Environment.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture is ready to spray plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Staff members of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture prepare pesticides in the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture prepares pesticides in the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Staff members of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture prepare pesticides in the Dhiganle village.

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...

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Desert locusts stand near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Desert locusts stand near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Desert locusts stand near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Desert locusts stand near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Workers of the Ministry of Agriculture spray plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Workers of the Ministry of Agriculture spray plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A man holds hopper bands filled with dead desert locusts near the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - A staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture sprays plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Workers of the Ministry of Agriculture spray plants with pesticide near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Dhiganle village, 180km away from Garowe town, Somalia - Desert locusts stand near a farm of the Dhiganle village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - Abdiaziiz Mohamed, a farmer, speaks to a FAO staff member during a spraying operation on a farm a in the Godobjiraan village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - Ahmed Mohamed Abdi, Deputy Commissioner Godobjiraan village, in his office during the desert locust outbreak.

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - An aircraft precced with aerial spraying operation on hopper bands near the Godobjiaan village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - An aircraft precced with aerial spraying operation on hopper bands near the Godobjiaan village.

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - An aircraft precced with aerial spraying operation on hopper bands near the Godobjiaan village.

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - John Karamja loads an aircraft with chemical pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight locust swarms.

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,...

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

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

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - Men load an aircraft with pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight against locust swarms.

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - Men load an aircraft with pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight against locust swarms.

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - Men load an aircraft with chemical pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight against locust swarms.

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - John Karamja loads an aircraft with chemical pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight locust swarms.

Somalia11 November 2020, Puntland State, Somalia - A member of the Ministry of Enviroment checks the insect growth regulator duringthe desert locusts' outbreak across Central and Eastern Somalia.

Somalia11 November 2020, Puntland State, Somalia - A member of the Ministry of Enviroment checks the insect growth regulator duringthe desert locusts' outbreak across Central and Eastern Somalia.

Somalia11 November 2020, Puntland State, Somalia - Pesticides used for aerial spraying to fight the serious desert locusts' outbreak, which is destroying crops and pastures across Central and Eastern Somalia...

Somalia11 November 2020, Puntland State, Somalia - Pesticides used for aerial spraying to fight the serious desert locusts' outbreak, which is destroying crops and pastures across Central and Eastern Somalia...

Somalia11 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - Kyle Forrester, an helicopter pilot, prepares for a spraying operation to mitigate the effects of a serious and widespread Desert Locusts ou...

Somalia10 November 2020, Godobjiaan village, Nugal region, Somalia - Ahmed Mohamed Abdi, Deputy Commissioner Godobjiraan village, walks through the village during the desert locusts outbreak.

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

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

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

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

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

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

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

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

Somalia12 November 2020, Gardho, Puntland State, Somalia - A worker builds a monitoring site for desert locusts at the Monitoring and Control Centre in Gardho.

Somalia12 November 2020, Garowe Airport, Puntland State, Somalia - Men load an aircraft with chemical pesticides in preparation for aerial spraying to fight against locust swarms.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Fay Hassan, 33 years old, prepares food in her home in Haween village.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - A local resident stands outside her home with her goat in Haween village.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia -A close-up shows a Fall Army Worm, an invasive pest, on a farm in Haween village.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia -A farmer inspects reads a pamphlet with information on Fall Army Worm, an invasive pest, on a farm in Haween village.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Fay Hassan, 33 years old, holds some harvested pea plants in her home in Haween village.

Somalia20 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Farmers attend a practical lesson at the Farmer Field School in Ismoodley village.

Somalia20 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Farmers attend a practical lesson at the Farmer Field School in Ismoodley village.

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Abay Aden Issack feeds her cow outside her home in Haween village. QUOTE: "I'm 25 years old, a mother of 3 children, and I work as a farmer in a village called Ha...

Somalia21 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - A farmer sprays her sorghum crop to prevent damage from Fall Army Worm, an invasive pest, on a farm in Haween village.

Somalia20 January 2021, Baidoa, Somalia - Farmers attend a lesson at the Farmer Field School in Ismoodley village.