Locust ecology and management research at CIRAD-CBGP.
France
Joined January 2018
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Locust Cirad retweeted
🚨 16 Dec 2025 (UPDATE): Serious #DesertLocust outbreak continues in Western Region
➡️ Immature small swarms along Mauritania’s Atlantic coast; hopper groups widespread in Western Sahara
⚠️ Risk of 3rd generation & further spread in January
🔗 fao.org/locust-watch/en
ALT Map of current situation in Mauritania
ALT Text of the update
Locust Cirad retweeted
⚠️ Desert Locust Bulletin: A serious outbreak continues in the West
↪️ NOV: Hopper groups and bands in Western Sahara and Mauritania & later immature groups and small swarms
➡️ DEC: Breeding & Swarms may migrate from Mauritania to Morocco
fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Prévisions pluviométriques saisonnières: décembre 2025 à mai 2026
➡️Des conditions sèches sont généralement attendues en nov. Dans la région occidentale, des pluies supérieures à la normale sont probables en déc en Mauritanie, au Sahara occidental.
fao.org/locust-watch/fr
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Seasonal precipitation predictions: December 2025 – May 2025
➡️Dry conditions are expected across all regions in November.
➡️Western Region: Above-normal rainfall is likely in December in Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, & Algeria.
fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
🚨Alert in the Western Region: The desert locust outbreak expand
➡️Overview: The localized outbreak in #Mauritania has spread throughout western Mauritania and into Western Sahara.
fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
🚨Alerte dans la region occidentale: La résurgence de criquet pelerin s’étend
➡️Vue d'ensemble: La résurgence localisée en Mauritanie s'est étendue à tout l'ouest Mauritanien et au Sahara occidental.
fao.org/locust-watch/fr
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
❗️Come visit us at the #Seeds2Foods @FAO exhibition!
fao.org/seeds-to-foods
We're showcasing cutting-edge innovations in #desertlocust management with @clcpro_fao , @DesertLocustCRC & partners.
🦗🌾 Only 2 days left to explore future solutions and learn about #locust!
Locust Cirad retweeted
🌍 La #CLCPRO participe à la #FAO80 Global Exhibition à Rome, pour présenter les efforts de la FAO dans la lutte contre le #CriquetPèlerin.
💡 Innovation, coopération et prévention au service de systèmes agroalimentaires durables.
#FAO #SécuritéAlimentaire
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Bulletin sur le Criquet Pèlerin (3 octobre): La résurgence se poursuit en #Mauritanie
➡️Des adultes et larves ont été observés au #Tchad, #Niger, #Sénégal et seulement des adultes au #Soudan.
fao.org/locust-watch/fr
Locust Cirad retweeted
.@FAO’s Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS) is conducting a 2-week intensive capacity-building training for #DesertLocust Inform. Officers (DLIOs) from #Eritrea, #Tunisia, & #Kenya.
Collaboration is key between DLIS & DLIOs, & among DLIOs themselves.
fao.org/locust-watch/en
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Desert locust Bulletin (4 September): Small outbreak in Mauritania
➡️ Hopper and adult groups increased in Mauritania
↩️ Rainfall continued from Mauritania to Eritrea in August
➡️ More groups could appear in the Sahel in September
fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Seasonal precipitation predictions: Sep 2025 – February 2026
➡️Persistant above-normal rainfall across the northern #Sahel from #Niger to #Sudan, across southern #Arabian Peninsula & the #Indo-Pakistan border till the end of Sept.
fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
🦗 “It doesn’t come from above like a typical storm. It arrives as a dark, heaving cloud at eye level: a wall of moving life.”
🛰️ FAO uses data, drones & forecasts to stop #DesertLocusts before they swarm.
📖 @FAO’s Mahgoub Boshara explains more: bit.ly/3ULqkj6
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Desert locust Bulletin (5 August): Summer breeding starts slowly
➡️ Outbreaks declined in northwestern Africa
↩️ Groups could emerge in the Sahel in August
fao.org/locust-watch/en
Locust Cirad retweeted
📍Dakar, Senegal
Capacity building in locust information management: A regional workshop brings together information officers from @clcpro_fao member countries to improve tools for analysis, forecasting and alert diffusion.
#LocustControl #Technology
Locust Cirad retweeted
#Happening|📍Dakar🗓️4 au 8 août
Atelier de la Commission de lutte contre le Criquet pèlerin dans la Région occidentale #CLCPR
🎯Renforcer les compétences des chargés de l’info acridienne dans l’utilisation des outils numériques & d’observation pour mieux anticiper les risques
Locust Cirad retweeted
Aujourd’hui s’est tenue la cérémonie d’ouverture de la Réunion Régionale sur la résurgence acridienne dans la Région occidentale, organisée par la @clcpro_fao avec l’appui de la @FAOMauritania & de la #CNLA. Une mobilisation régionale pour protéger la sécurité alimentaire. 🦗 🦗
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Seasonal precipitation predictions: Aug 2025–January 2026
➡️Wet summer across the northern #Sahel from #Mali to #Sudan, across southern #Arabian Peninsula & the #Indo-Pakistan border, with above-normal rainfall expected during Aug & Sept. fao.org/locust-watch/en
#DesertLocust
Locust Cirad retweeted
🛻 N’Djaména 🇹🇩 – La #CLCPRO a remis ce 9 juillet 2025 des véhicules tout-terrain au Tchad (4) et au Niger (2) pour renforcer leurs capacités de lutte contre le #CriquetPèlerin.
#LutteAntiacridienne #FIRO #SolidaritéRégionale
Locust Cirad retweeted
ℹ️Bulletin sur le Criquet Pèlerin (4 juillet): Les groupes se maintiennent avant migration au sud pour la reproduction estivale
➡️ La reproduction estivale commencera dans le Sahel
fao.org/locust-watch/fr
