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Emergency Assistance to Strengthen Regional Response in the Management of Yellow-Spined Bamboo Locust (Ceracris Kiangsu) - TCP/RAS/3607

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Outbreaks of Yellow-Spined Bamboo Locust (YSBL) in LaoPeople’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam weredamaging many crops in these countries, causing severelosses. The governments and farmers of the two countriesfaced difficulties reducing the migration of the pest.Although in Lao People’s Democratic Republic controlmeasures were successful in preventing losses in thetreated areas, a number of constraints were encountered,limiting their effectiveness. In Viet Nam, actions had beenundertaken to enhance monitoring and implement controloperations. However, the effectiveness of these measureswas restricted by insufficient technical knowledge andexperience, and a lack of equipment, among other issues.Both countries were worried about the possible swarmingacross borders into the existing affected and unaffectedlocust outbreak provinces, and the related impendingsurge in the locust populations, highlighting the need toestablish a real-time surveillance system and cross-borderexchanges on locust situations between the twocountries, to synchronize activities in controlling YSBLinfestations. The project responded specifically to addressthe occurrence of heavy loss on cultivated crops in thetwo countries, and worked towards preventing andlimiting the severe threat posed by locusts and damage tocrops in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam,while reducing pesticide risk to human and animal healthand the environment.

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