Desert Locust Outbreak Causes, Patterns, Effects (Keith Cressman, FAO Locust)
Keith Cressman is the Senior Locust Forecasting Officer at the FAO. This is his keynote address at the 1st Virtual Practitioners Conference on Desert Locust Management (Aug 10, 2020) He talks about the the causes, patterns, and effects of the 2019-2020 Desert Locust Outbreaks, which have afflicted East Africa, the MENA region, Pakistan, and India. In East Africa alone, 24 million people have been left food insecure. (Download the Presentation)
