The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region

Desert Locust News

18 Jul 2025 Graduation of the First Batch of Master's Students
Graduation of the First Batch of Desert Locust Management Master's Students

02 Jul 2025 Research Accomplishment Recognized with Honorary Award
Research Accomplishment Recognized with Honorary Award

02 Aug 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 550, Aug 2024
SUMMER BREEDING EXPECTED

08 Jul 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin, No. 549, July 2024
Summer Rains Started

03 Jun 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin, No. 548, Jun. 2024
All Outbreaks Ended

21 May 2024 Operational-scale field trial of using Metarhizium acridum
First Operational-scale field trial of the entomopathogen Metarhizium acridum (NOVACRID ) against Locust in Oman (May 2024)

02 May 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 547, May 2024
Outbreaks Decreased

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Planning for Desert Locust Outbreak Response
"07 Sep 2025"
In a continued effort to strengthen collaboration among FAO regional desert locust control commissions, the Commission in the Cent ... Details

A Technical Symposium on Desert Locust Management
"17 Jun 2025"
The Commissions for Controlling Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) and the Western Region (CLCPRO), in collaboration with t ... Details

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Alarm over Desert Locusts increases in Horn of Africa