Tasnim While the world continues to fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, countries in South and Southwest Asia are simultaneously responding to plagues of pests that threaten to worsen hunger and the livelihoods of millions of people, FAO warned. Swarms of Desert Locust, over the last couple of months, have moved swiftly into west Asia attacking ...

IRNA - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday in the scheme of an emergency technical cooperation project, supplied necessary pesticide sprayers to Iran to assist the country in its effort to control the unprecedented desert locust infestation. As part of an ongoing support provided by the Food and Agriculture ...

Press TV - Iranian authorities say Saudi Arabia should do more to help fight a locust plague that could threat crops and food security in the Middle East and North Africa region. Head of Irans Plant Protection Organization said on Sunday that Red Sea countries could help Iran and others better prepare for fighting a locust this year that could affect ...

Tehran Times - In mid-May, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned of another desert locust breakout in mid-June in Iran if the current situation is not controlled. As a result of unusually good ecological conditions, a second generation of breeding is expected to cause a further increase of locusts in the spring breeding ...

Iran Front Page - The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has dispatched a delegation to Iran to discover the possible sources of the massive attack by desert locusts on parts of the country over the past days, said head of the Iranian Plant Protection Organization. Mohammad Reza Dargahi said the UN delegation will try to find ...