Addis Ababa, May 2026 The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization Sub Regional Office for Eastern Africa (FAO-SFE), implemented a regional capacity-building project on strengthening pest surveillance, early warning systems, and safe pesticide management for transboundary pests in Eastern Africa. The project was implemented from […]
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
The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO- EA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sub regional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) and the Ministries of Agriculture of implementing Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania jointly implemented an USAID funded project titled “Establishing an Emergency Community–based Fall armyworm Monitoring forecasting, Early […]
The Desert Locust infestation in the 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. Click here to read full […]
Community Based Armyworm Monitoring, Forecasting and Early Warning (CBAMFEW) initiative was designed as a collaborative project in which implementing countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania), a regional organization (DLCO-EA) and the donor (USAID) participated in the development of the monitoring, forecasting and early warning system. Click here to read full report
