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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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October to December 2019 Extreme Floods in Eastern Africa, Climate Variability or Change?
By Dr Linda Ogallo
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Many parts of the tropical Eastern Africa have two distinct rainfall seasons, centred around March-May (MAM) and October-December (OND) months. The March-May and …
Improved seasonal forecast for Eastern Africa
A big change has taken place “back stage” in the way the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) makes its seasonal forecasts since May 2019. The change improves the quality and usefulness of the …
International day for disaster reduction: Three big lessons from tackling disaster and climate information issues in East Africa
By ZIRRA BANU, World Bank
Taji, a young boy in Nairobi, Kenya, sits outside his flooded classroom. School’s out, but not by choice. Cycles of floods and droughts have hit major African cities like …