The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region

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

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

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

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

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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)

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

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03 Apr 2024 Desert Locust Bulletin No. 546, Apr 2024
Hopper Bands Decline

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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

CRC 33 Session and 37 Executive Committee
"24 Nov 2024"
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Alarm over Desert Locusts increases in Horn of Africa