Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: Algeria, Chad, Eritrea, India, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
General Situation during July 2013
Forecast until mid-September 2013
The Desert Locust situation improved during July as locust infestations declined in the northern part of the Central Region and in the spring breeding areas of Northwest Africa. Nevertheless, the situation remained serious in the interior of Yemen where breeding occurred, causing locust numbers to increase. Control operations were not possible due to insecurity. Low numbers of solitarious adults appeared in the summer breeding areas of the Sahel in West Africa and Sudan, and along both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border. During the forecast period, small-scale breeding will cause locust numbers to increase in all of these areas.
