date:May 10, 2021
t Information Service, meant that FAO and national authorities could map locust movements and stay one step ahead of the game.
Its really the Rolls Royce of our data collection tools, says Keith Cressman, FAOs senior locust forecaster.
But, despite the tablets being used in 20 countries, the latest locust emergency meant that demand skyrocketed and time was too short to train the farmers and pastoralists. FAO was fighting a battle on several fronts and needed a heavier hand to tackle the onsla