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BulletinFAO Uganda Desert Locust Situation Report - 31 August 2020
Uganda Desert Locust Bulletin 31 August 2020
2020Also available in:
No results found.The Bulletin provides Desert Locust situation updates in Uganda, with highlights on control measures, livelihoods and coordination activities. the Dersert Locust Bulletin is a monthly publication by FAO Uganda, to provide partners and donors with regular updates on the Desert Locust situation and response in Uganda. The Bulletin provides updates on Desert Locust sightings in the country and response efforts to manage the crisis. The latter are enshrined in three pillars of FAO Uganda’s response support, namely: Curbing the spread and control operations, Safeguarding livelihoods and promoting early recovery, as well as Coordination and preparedness. -
Technical bookUganda – Food security and livelihoods in areas affected by desert locusts, September 2020
Assessment report
2021Also available in:
No results found.This report outlines the results of a household survey carried out in August–September 2020 to assess the impact of desert locust invasions on food security and livelihoods in Uganda. In 2019–2020, the Horn of Africa was affected by what was described by FAO as the worst desert locust infestation in over 25 years. Desert locust swarms pose a severe threat to agriculture-based livelihoods, particularly in areas where food security is already fragile. The first swarm of locusts entered the Ugandan subregion of Karamoja – already the most food-insecure subregion in the country – on 9 February 2020. By September 2020, desert locusts had been sighted in over 20 districts in the Acholi, Elgon, Karamoja, Lango, and Teso subregions. To assess the impact of the desert locust invasions, a survey of 7 800 households was carried out in the affected subregions. Data collection, processing, and analysis were carried out by a technical team comprising staff of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, district local governments, Makerere University and FAO; Catholic Relief Services provided support during the collection and validation of the data. The assessment found that the desert locust invasions had had a negative impact on the livelihoods and food security of a majority of households in all surveyed subregions. Based on the results of the assessment, a number of recommendations for response options (including control measures and livelihood support programmes) were formulated. A critical need to improve Uganda’s desert locust preparedness by strengthening the country’s capacities for real-time surveillance, rapid verification and deployment of control teams upon confirmation was highlighted. -
High-profileDesert locust upsurge
Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, January-April 2021
2021Also available in:
No results found.The fight against desert locust in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen has been raging for sixteen months – since January 2020. Governments, FAO and partners are responding to the worst upsurge in seventy years. An extraordinarily effective system has been put in place, from forecasting to responding, and from short-term coordinating to preparing for the medium and longer term. Thanks to generous contributions from 29 partners, in addition to FAO’s own resources, close to USD 219 million have been mobilized towards FAO’s desert locust crisis appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen. This is 95 percent of the total funding requirement, as per the revised appeal launched on 16 December 2020, covering the period January 2020 to June 2021. With this funding, more than 2 million hectares of land have been treated since January 2020, saving the livelihoods and protecting the food security of 36.9 million people.
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