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dLocust - The potential of drones for locust early warning and preventive control

FAO digital service portfolio

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) On the occasion of the conference "Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa" (Kigali, Rwanda, 20−21 August 2018), FAO will showcase a digital service portfolio, consisting of 10 innovation projects. As part of global Desert Locust monitoring, early warning and preventive control in Africa and Asia, locust survey teams could be equipped with drones to locate areas of green vegetation in the desert, search the areas for locusts, and treat them safely and effectively.

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