Regional differences in control operations during the 2019–2021 desert locust upsurge
Datum
2021-12Journal Title
Agronomy
ISSN
2073-4395
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
11
Issue
12
Language
en
Type
Article
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VoR
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Retkute, R., Hinton, R., Cressman, K., & Gilligan, C. (2021). Regional differences in control operations during the 2019–2021 desert locust upsurge. Agronomy, 11 (12) https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122529
Abstrakt
<jats:p>The desert locust remains a major threat to global food security. Control operations are a crucial tool to manage crisis; this research investigated the nature of control operations conducted between 2019–2021. Historical data on desert locust and control operations were obtained from the survey reports at the FAO Locust Hub and analysed with respect to survey reports, land cover types, cropland/rangeland extent and crop productivity data. We found that 16.1% of the grid cells with locust presence and 14.9% of the grid cells with control operations had a proportion of rangeland higher than 0.75; while 13.3% of the grid cells with locust presence and 13.2% of the grid cells with control operations had a proportion of croplands higher than 0.75, highlighting that locust presence and control operations were reported in both rangeland and cropland. Control operations continue to be used both to reduce overall locust numbers and to protect crops. Furthermore, through identifying which crops were most at risk, our analyses indicate that wheat production was under the highest strain during periods of increased locust infestations.</jats:p>
Keywords
desert locusts, control, crop loss, pastureland, land cover
Sponsorship
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (NA)
Bill & (NA)
Identifiers
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122529
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331998
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