Northern Africa

Northern Africa
Northern Africa is within:
Region:	Africa

Countries in this subregion (7)

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Species gallery

• Highlighted species for Northern Africa
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  Cone-headed grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica)
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  Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus)
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  Desert sand grasshopper (Sphingonotus rubescens)
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  Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens)
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  Common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus)
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  Giant-cricket (Brachytrupes megacephalus)
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  Euryparyphes flexuosus
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  Tobacco cricket (Brachytrupes membranaceus)
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  Devil grasshopper (Diabolocatantops axillaris)
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  Two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus)
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  Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis)
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  Sahelian tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon)
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  African stick grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha cognata)
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  Garden locust (Acanthacris ruficornis)
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  Italian tree cricket (Oecanthus pellucens)
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  Slender green-winged grasshopper (Aiolopus thalassinus)

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.

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Geographic purview
Algerian Ministry Of Agriculture and Rural Development		View	Government	Management	Algeria
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region	CRC	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Education, Information Hub	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa	DLCO EA	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Education, Governance, Management, Research	Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania
Éléphant Vert		View	Private Sector	Management	Ivory Coast, France, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Senegal
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa	CLCPANO	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Education, Management, Research	Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region	CLCPRO	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Governance, Research, Management	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
FAO Desert Locust Control Committee	DLCC	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Governance	Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, [[United Arab Em...
Intergovernmental Authority on Development	IGAD	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Development, Management, Research	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization	OCLALAV			Management	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger
Ministry of Agriculture Sudan		View	Government		Sudan
Ministry of Environment Libya			Government	Development, Management, Governance	Libya
National Institute of Plant Protection of Algeria	INPV	View	Government	Governance, Management, Information Hub, Development	Algeria
Regional Department of Plant Protection of Adrar District at the National Institute of Plant Protection of Algeria			Government		Algeria

Resources

Name	Species purview	Year published	Resource link	Descriptive keyword	Language	Geographic purview	Author
2014 evaluation of field trials data on the efficacy and selectivity of insecticides on locusts and grasshoppers		2014	View	Pesticides, Management, Pesticide management, Chemical control, Information hub	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Atlas of desert locust breeding habitats		1997		Breeding zones, Habitat, Map, Distribution, Biology, Ecology, Behavior, Phase polyphenism	English	Ethiopia, Senegal, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, George Basil Popov, G.B. Popov
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) ad hoc, emergency, other meetings		1971		Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Collection	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) committee meetings		1971		Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) survey reports		1971		Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) training and workshops		1971		Management, Survey, Biology, Monitoring, Toxicology, Physiology, Ecology, Forecasting, Locust commission meeting, Collection	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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
Desert locust invasion responding to a crisis within a crisis		2020	View	Presentation, Outbreaks, Emergency response	English	Yemen, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda
Desert locust master training manual		2003	View	Management, Training manual	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Desert locust technical series				History, Management, Set	English, French, Arabic	Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Senegal, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Niger, Mali	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Desert locust upsurge progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen		2020	View	Locust outbreaks, Management, Report, Progress report	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dociostaurus maroccanus Monograph		2023	View	Morphology, Distribution, Ecology, Population dynamics, Management, Identification	Russian	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Russia, Georgia (country), Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Italy	FAO Locust Watch in Caucasus and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
East Africa desert locust crisis fact sheets		2019, 2020, 2021		Emergency response, Outbreaks, Series	English	Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo	United States Agency for International Development
EMPRES meeting, research, workshop, survey report collection		2002		Aerial control operations, Chemical control, Spraying, Workshop, Pesticides, Survey, Locust commission meeting, Meeting, Collection	English	Egypt	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
Estimate the potential impact of DL resources control an outbreak campaign excel file worksheets				Chemical control, Report, Excel files, Series	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO commission for controlling the desert locust in the central region fifty years fighting desert locust		2016	View	International development, Community development, Environmental assessment, Decision making	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) commission meeting reports				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) national management plans				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle, Management, Work plan	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) Report of Joint Prospecting with the Use of Drones or Biopesticides in Desert Locust Surveillance				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Set	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) workshops				Meeting, Locust commission meeting, Bundle	French	Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
Field efficacy trials with the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (Green Muscle) against the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and monitoring of it's operational use		2007	View	Advice, Metarhizium acridum	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Field tests on an integrated Differential GPS navigation and spray monitoring system for aerial Desert Locust control operations		1998	View	Spraying, Aerial control operations, Monitoring	English	Sudan	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen Desert locust crisis appeal		2020	View	Appeal, Emergency appeal	English	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Guide for identifying desert locust			View	Locusts, Biology, General locust education	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Guidelines for developing research proposals			View	Locusts, Research, Research proposal, Guide	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Italian Locust Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Morphology, Ecology, Distribution, Population Management		2022	View	Identification, Distribution, Ecology, Biology, Population dynamics, Behavior, Morphology	Russian	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, China, Algeria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Austria, Kosovo, Cyprus, Turkey, Pakistan	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Michael Sergeev, Alexandre Latchininsky, M.K. Childebaev, I.A. Vankova, F.A. Gapparov, V.E. Kambulin, E.O. Kokanova, L.B. Pshenitsyna, I.I. Temreshev, M.E. Chernyakhovsky, N.N. Sobolev, V.V. Molodtsov
Locusts have caused problems for quite some time			View	Locusts, Biology, Chemical control, Mechanical control, Spraying, Data analysis	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Metarhizium anisopliae reference list of papers			View	Biological control, Infestations, Information hub	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Operational-scale field trial with Green Muscle		2005	View	Agriculture, Chemical control, Metarhizium acridum, Trial, Biocontrol, Management	English	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Somalia	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Supplementary environmental assessment (SEA) for USAID funding of locust or grasshopper pesticide usage in Sudan		1990	View	Breeding zones, Sudan, Biology, Map	English	Sudan	United States Agency for International Development

Highlighted media coverage

Name	Author	Language	Species purview	Substance	Resource link	Year published
Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) promotional materials	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	English		Promotional material
From crisis to innovation	Think Tank for Sustainability, Elena Lazutkaite, Emily Kimathi	English		News article	View	2024

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