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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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Eastern Africa: Why the normally dry January and February are suddenly wet in 2020?
Lead Author: Eunice Koech
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
The globe is warming and new temperature records keep being made. July 2019 was classified as the hottest July since record keeping began …
Desert Locust Prediction 5-15 March
Areas of very high risk for Desert Locust invasion are southern Somalia, northern and western Kenya, northern and central Uganda, southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan.
Most of the region falls …
Desert Locust Prediction 25 February - 5 March
- Highly suitable climatic and ecological conditions for Desert Locust to thrive in crop areas of western Kenya, northern and central Uganda, Somalia, southern South Sudan, coastal Eritrea, northern Tanzania, central and southern Ethiopia.
- Wind speed …
Desert Locust: Upcoming cropping season at risk across East Africa
Eggs laid along migratory path expected to hatch in the coming weeks, giving ground to second round of invasion
18th February 2020, Nairobi: March to May is the main cropping season for many countries in …
Wetter and hotter than usual season expected in most of the region
Mombasa, 29 of January, 2020: The Fifty-Fourth Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF54) was convened from 27 to 29 January 2020 by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in collaboration with …
Desert Locust outbreak continues to threaten food security and livelihoods in East Africa
Nairobi, 24th of January 2020. The current Desert Locust situation poses a serious threat to food security and livelihoods. Large and numerous swarms continue to destroy crops and pastures across parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, …