2020-05-12 --Locust Report.Cdr
Locust Situation Report May 2020 LOCUST INFESTATION BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT OF OBJECTIVES: The main objecve of the rapid needs assessment is to inform humanitarian organizaon, aid agencies and donors on current status of the locust infestaon in TRDP Programme are; the impact of the infestaon on people's food security and livelihoods - i.e. arable land, herbs, shrubs and trees; urgent needs to tackle infestaon and to address consequent humanitarian needs. The 2019-20 locust swarm in Pakistan is an districts of Sindh aer inially aacking outbreak of desert locusts, which is Khirpur, sparking fears of large-scale crop TARGETED DISTRICTS: threatening the food supply across the country. devastaon in barrage areas. According to Tharparkar, Umerkot, Dadu, Jamshoro & Tando Since June 2019, the locust outbreak has been media reports, locusts aacked on agricultural Allahyar affecng eastern Pakistan. In November 2019, fields and tress in Dadu, Maari, Jamshoro, Karachi saw the first locust aack in the city Nawabashah, Naushehro Feroze and Sanghar, METHODOLOGY: aer 1961. On 1 February 2020, the Pakistani Umerkot, Tharparkar, Khirpur and Hyderabad The Rapid Needs Assessment has been carried Government declared a naonal emergency to districts. "Locusts can destroy the agricultural out by TRDP, with quesonnaire. Interviews protect crops and help farmers. The current belt of Sindh if they entered Mirpurkhas, Tando took place on May 2020. desert locust situaon remains extreme Allahyar, Maari, Hyderabad and other alarming Swarms of locusts have spread to six districts on the le bank of Indus River. Locust Situaon Report May 2020 DISTRICT WISE LOCUST SITUATION LOCUST SITUATION: THARPARKAR Mosepota, Roheera, Kuo, Verhari Drs, Mithrio The Desert Locust, found in various parts of Tharparkar, considered the most destrucve Union Councils migratory pest because they are highly mobile and can form swarms containing millions of 70 64 locusts, leading to devastang impacts on 60 crops, trees, pasture and fodder.
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