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IGAD Member States and Partners Strengthen Regional Preparedness Against Transboundary Pest Threats Amid El Niño Concerns
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), successfully convened the 9th Steering Committee and Technical Working Group meetings of the Inter-Regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and Other Transboundary Pests from 3–5 November 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The three-day meeting brought together representatives from seven IGAD Member States alongside regional and international technical partners, including the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), CropLife Africa and Middle East and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). …
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IGAD launches platform to manage desert locusts, trans-boundary pests
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Thursday launched an inter-regional platform for the sustainable management of desert locusts and other trans-boundary pests. The platform, developed to contain the desert locusts, aims to strengthen synergies, …
Multi-agency Drought Alert
The Eastern parts of the region are currently facing the risk of a further deterioration of the situation, with a risk of a fourth consecutive drier than usual season. The current situation could worsen over …
How Do Climate Services Help People in the East African Region Take Early Action?
Months ago, ICPAC issued a forecast predicting a poor upcoming rainy season. Two consecutive faulty rainy seasons are problematic in several parts of the region, and they have resulted in problems with crop production, poor …
IGAD and FAO call for urgent actions to mitigate the impacts of drought across the Horn of Africa
18 November 2021, Nairobi – Vulnerable communities in the IGAD region continue to experience a complex mix of re-enforcing shocks and stresses that are eroding their resilience to food and nutrition insecurity. As of October …
Risk of significant impact to both crops and rangelands is high in Ethiopia and Somalia
Locations with reported swarms and adult locusts
- Ethiopia: between October and early November, the desert locust swarms were reported mostly in Afar zone 1. Recently swarms have been reported in Somali region of Ethiopia. …