📢The 6th Steering Committee meeting for Inter-regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locusts and other Transboundary Pests is underway in Nairobi, 🇰🇪Kenya.
👉🏾 The Horn of Africa faces a growing threat from desert locusts, exacerbated by climate change.
👉🏾 The consequences are far-reaching: economic hardship, 🌾🌽 food insecurity, and displacement.
Desert locust plagues destabilize entire regions, impacting the most vulnerable.
📢 The steering committee meeting aims to strengthen regional collaboration, improve data collection & analysis, integrate tech like drones & 👩🏾💻AI, and enhance preparedness & response capabilities.
📢 Data is crucial in the fight against Transboundary pest. The IGAD Steering Committee meeting prioritize data-driven decision-making for improved ✈️surveillance, early warning, and response.
The platform steering committee also:
▶️ Explore innovative technologies like drones, remote sensing, and AI to enhance pest control and monitoring. These tools offer a game-changing approach to tackling locust swarms.
▶️ Mapping regional 🌍 stockpiles of pesticides, PPE, and spraying equipment is essential for rapid response. Effective resource management is key to containing outbreaks quickly.
