Locust control campaign in Madagascar 2021/22

FAO

Locust control campaign in Madagascar 2021/22

Provisional action plan

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 17 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

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Synopsis (short abstract) Madagascar, already heavily affected by drought, COVID-19, Rift Valley fever and Fall armyworm, is now facing a worrying locust situation that is beyond its national capacity. The deteriorating locust situation is occurring in a context of high rates of food insecurity and malnutrition. To address the major locust outbreak Madagascar is facing, the Malagasy Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed an action plan, for which funds will need to be sought and raised in a timely manner. The 2021/22 locust campaign, which plans to treat 400 000 hectares, will be crucial: if the locust situation were to deteriorate further to the point of an upsurge, an even larger area of Madagascar would be directly threatened. The consequences of a major upsurge are unpredictable, especially since the Grand Sud of Madagascar is already in an alarmingly food insecure situation.

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