The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) Director, Mr. Mwesigwa Moses Rwaheru signs an MoU with IGAD-Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) Director, Dr. Guleid Artan on March 3, 2023. DLCO-EA and ICPAC are co-chairs of the Inter-regional Platform for Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and Other Trans-boundary Pests, supported by the World […]
The 2nd Steering Committee Session of the Inter-regional Platform for Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and other Trans-boundary Pests, co-chaired by DLCO-EA and ICPAC was officially opened by the 2nd Vice Chairperson of the DLCO-EA Governing Council of Ministers, Hon Maj (Rtd) Bwino Fred Kyakulaga (MP), Uganda’s Minister of State (Agriculture), Ministry of Agriculture, Animal […]
The Red–billed quelea is a small African weaver finch of the family Ploceidae, weighing about 20g. It is the most numerous and destructive bird pest of small seeded cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa. Quelea birds frequently form large breeding colonies or night roosts, with populations ranging from a few thousand to millions of birds. In general, […]
A Letter of Agreement (FAO/ETH/LOA-365580) on Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Pesticides applied for Desert Locust in Ethiopia June 2019 – December 2021 was signed between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) on January 20, 2022. Click here to read full report
Invasion of African Armyworm in Uganda in 2022. This devasted pasture and cereals in over 40 districts in Uganda.
25th October 2022 The DLCO-EA 67th Executive Committee Session has commenced in Kampala, Uganda, in preparation for the Council of Ministers Session due from 27th-28th October 2022. We appreciate Uganda for hosting the event. #DLCO_EA@60 #foodsecurity The Ag Director, Crop Resources and Commissioner Crop Protection @MAAIF_Uganda Mr Stephen Byantware updated the nation on the […]
The Desert Locust Control Organisation for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) marks diamond (60th) anniversary: THE DLCO-EA, 1962-2022! See more details.
On 26th January 2017, Addis Ababa – The Sub Regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa and FAO Representative to AUC & ECA (SRC-SFE), Mr. Patrick Kormawa and the Director, Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), Mr. Stephen Njoka signed a Letter of Agreement to jointly implement the project to control the Desert Locust. Both […]
As the Desert Locust infestation in the Eastern Africa region is historically a threat to the food security of mainly the subsistence farmers, a project focusing on the “Effective Emergency Desert Locust Control in Locust-prone Countries in the Horn of Africa” was initiated in front line countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan on 26 […]
Leaving aside the Desert Locust developments which have occurred between October 2019 and January 2020, the current situation in Kenya, southern, eastern and southwestern Ethiopia and Somalia still remains alarming to our region. Even though intensive ground and aerial control operations are progressing in many locations in Kenya and Ethiopia on immature swarms and hopper […]
