Chad
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| Chad is within: | |
| Region: | Africa |
| Subregion: | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Intermediate region: | Middle Africa |
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Locust breeding grounds
Desert locust breeding predominantly takes place in the northwestern highland regions of Tibesti and Ennedi. [1][2]
Organizations
Locusts and grasshoppers are typically managed through a national plant protection system led by a country’s plant protection organization, ministry of agriculture, or equivalent biosecurity authority. They are often supported by specialized pest control branches, natural resource agencies, and regional bodies when outbreaks cross borders. These agencies are usually the first point of contact for surveillance, reporting, permits, quarantine decisions, and control operations. If the country belongs to one of the FAO locust commissions, those bodies provide a regional framework for early warning, field surveillance, information sharing, and coordinated response, helping countries align monitoring, contingency planning, and control actions across borders.
Resources
| Name | Species purview | Year published | Resource link | Descriptive keyword | Language | Geographic purview | Author |
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| Desert locust field handbook | 2020 | View | Species identification, Management | English | Israel, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Lebanon, Sudan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, South Sudan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya, India, Oman, Bahrain, Djibouti, Yemen, Uganda, Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Palestine, Tanzania, Syria, Iran, Turkey | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International | |
| Liste globale des pesticides autorisés par le Comité Sahélien des Pesticides | 2020 | View | Pesticides, Policy | French | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo | Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
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References
- ↑ Showler AT, Lecoq M (2021) Incidence and ramifications of armed conflict in countries with major desert locust breeding areas. Agronomy 11(1): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010114.
- ↑ Kayalto M, Idrissi Hassani M, Lecoq M, Gay PF, Piou C (2020) Cartographie des zones de reproduction et de grégarisation du criquet pèlerin au Tchad. Cahiers Agricultures 29: 14. https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2020011
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