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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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Africa, COVID-19 and Climate Change — What can we Expect?
By Yvonne Maingey
Contributions by ICPAC’s Climate Change Working Group
The huge economic, health, and societal ramifications of COVID-19 has set the whole world back in its efforts to achieve the sustainable …
Dry and warm season expected across Eastern Africa (October - December 2020)
Nairobi, 26 of August, 2020: October to December is an important rainfall season for Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and southeaster Ethiopia. A drier than usual season is expected in most parts of the …
Urban Farming: Providing Solutions to Cope with COVID-19 and Adapt to Climate Change
By Dr Monica Nderitu, Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Increased utilisation of space for food crops (Source: Food and Agricultural Organisation)
As the world grapples with impacts of climate variability and change, …
Involving Farmers and Other Local Stakeholders in Producing Seasonal Climate Advisories
By Oliver Kipkogei, Dr. Linda Ogallo and Collison Lore
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
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Eastern Africa, particularly the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of the Horn of Africa (HoA), are extremely …
Ethiopia: Breeding Ground For the Next Batch of Desert Locust
By Emebet Jigssa, Contributions by Kenneth Kemucie Mwangi and Jasper Mwesigwa
Wind blows, keeping its season driven pattern bringing much needed rainfall. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the major vehicle carrying desert locusts from …
Desert Locust Projection 16-31 July
Projected impact on food and fodder production
- Crop destruction continue to been reported in Ethiopia and Somalia. Most affected crops have been sorghum and maize crops at vegetative and ripening stages.
- The risk of …