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FAO Warns Against Swarms Of Desert Locusts In North Africa
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
TUNIS, March 25 (KUNA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization issued an alert for Algeria, Libya and Tunisia against groups of desert locusts.
The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during February and March, said a statement from the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) on Tuesday.
Groups of adults and small swarms arrived in central Algeria, western Libya and southern Tunisia.
These groups have probably begun spring breeding by arriving mature in areas where rain fell in February, according to the statement.
Surveys and control operations are needed in all potential areas to better understand the situation and prevent it from developing further.
Following the good rains of August and September 2024, green vegetation persisted in the northern Sahel and southern Sahara.
This allowed locusts to develop and reproduce beyond the summer season and well into winter.
New rainfall arrived in the Sahara in February and March, accompanied by southerly winds, which enabled locust populations to move towards these rainy areas.
Spring breeding is underway in these areas and needs to be controlled. The hopper bands that will develop could generate swarms returning to the north of the Sahel at the beginning of the summer season, around June or July.
Groups of adults and some small swarms were found in central Algeria, western Libya and southern Tunisia. Hopper groups persist in southern Algeria.
In Libya, Groups of mature adults and some small mature swarms are present and breeding in the south-west, centre, north-west and east
In Tunisia, small swarms appeared in the south-east from March 13, the statement added.
In some areas of northern Mali, Niger and Chad, as well as in southern Algeria, winter breeding should come to an end, generating groups and small swarms that may continue to migrate northwards in March and April.
The CLCPRO includes 10 member countries from West and Northwest Africa, namely Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal and Tunisia. (end)
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The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during February and March, said a statement from the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) on Tuesday.
Groups of adults and small swarms arrived in central Algeria, western Libya and southern Tunisia.
These groups have probably begun spring breeding by arriving mature in areas where rain fell in February, according to the statement.
Surveys and control operations are needed in all potential areas to better understand the situation and prevent it from developing further.
Following the good rains of August and September 2024, green vegetation persisted in the northern Sahel and southern Sahara.
This allowed locusts to develop and reproduce beyond the summer season and well into winter.
New rainfall arrived in the Sahara in February and March, accompanied by southerly winds, which enabled locust populations to move towards these rainy areas.
Spring breeding is underway in these areas and needs to be controlled. The hopper bands that will develop could generate swarms returning to the north of the Sahel at the beginning of the summer season, around June or July.
Groups of adults and some small swarms were found in central Algeria, western Libya and southern Tunisia. Hopper groups persist in southern Algeria.
In Libya, Groups of mature adults and some small mature swarms are present and breeding in the south-west, centre, north-west and east
In Tunisia, small swarms appeared in the south-east from March 13, the statement added.
In some areas of northern Mali, Niger and Chad, as well as in southern Algeria, winter breeding should come to an end, generating groups and small swarms that may continue to migrate northwards in March and April.
The CLCPRO includes 10 member countries from West and Northwest Africa, namely Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal and Tunisia. (end)
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