Insect Infestation Updates

HIGHLIGHTS • Precipitation Trends for December 2024: Yemen experienced expected dry conditions, with minimal rainfall across the country. • Rainfall Anomalies: The dry conditions in many areas...

OVERVIEW The December outbreak in Niger, with adult groups and small swarms, is probably an indicator of a more general situaon in the region. Adult groups as well as small hopper groups are likely...

Brief Analysis The predominant themes among the calls from across the country to Radio Ergo’s audience feedback platform in the week 9-15 January 2025 were drought and the need for aid. Livestock...

Brief Analysis This is the first weekly report to be issued for 2025 based on calls to Radio Ergo’s nationwide audience feedback platform. The platform is open for people anywhere in the country to...

RÉSURGENCE EN ERYTHRÉE Les résurgences de Criquet pèlerin se sont poursuivies en décembre au Niger et au Soudan, tandis qu’une petite résurgence s’est développé le long de la côte de la mer Rouge de...

The Desert Locust outbreaks continued in December in Niger and Sudan, while a small outbreak developed along the Red Sea coast of Eritrea where a few bands and groups of hoppers and adult increased...

HIGHLIGHTS • Precipitation Trends of the month: The country entered its dry season, leading to a general decrease in precipitation across most regions. Isolated rainfall events were report-ed,...

Brief Analysis Among calls to Radio Ergo’s audience feedback platform this week (12-18 December 2024) there was an increase on previous weeks in the number of people speaking of concerning levels of...

Similar to last month, the latest seasonal dynamical models suggest that a La Niña-like dry pattern will continue from East Africa to the Near East during the next few months. However, the...

18 December 2024, New Delhi – In the vast arid regions of India, under the scorching sun, a dedicated field team of desert locust survey officers, accompanied by FAO’s Locust Forecasting Officer, set...

ADDENDUM TO THE SADC REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN APPEAL RESPONSE TO THE EL NIÑO-INDUCED DROUGHT AND FLOODS, NOVEMBER 2024 This document provides updates on the SADC Regional Humanitarian Appeal: Response...

Brief Analysis Calls this week (5-11 December 2024) to Radio Ergo’s nationwide independent audience feedback platform included concerns about drought and water shortage expressed by callers in...

Highlights Review of the recent season • Severe drought has affected the region, driven by back-to-back climate shocks. The lingering effects of the 2023/24 El Niño event led to the worst mid-season...

This report provides new data about the current and potential future losses and damages from climate-attributable weather events in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, with a specific focus on the...

Brief Analysis The calls to Radio Ergo’s audience feedback platform this week (28 November to 4 December 2024) included many callers mentioning rainfall and good conditions for livestock and farms,...

RÉSURGENCES AU SOUDAN ET AU NIGER La résurgence dans l'intérieur du Soudan s'est poursuivie en novembre. Des groupes et bandes de larves et d'ailés ont été traités mais certains groupes d'ailés et...

KEY POINTS • Overview: A very small outbreak developed in Niger and continued in Sudan • Current situation: Groups and small bands and swarms in Sudan; scattered locusts and a few groups of hoppers...

Overview: In northern East Africa, conditions are mixed for main season cereals as heavy rains and flooding contributed to poor yields in some areas, though the rains were generally conducive for...

Brief Analysis Calls to the Radio Ergo audience feedback platform this week (21-25 November 2024) indicated an ongoing mixed pattern of weather. Callers notably in Sanag, Bari, and Galgadud regions...

I. Introduction The second volume of the “Good Practices for Increasing the Application of Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction” builds on the...