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ORIGINAL:ENGLI~H
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',EC.ONOMIC CmllUSSION FOR AJ<~ICA
Third Session '
Provisional Agenda Itsm,5 (e) ,
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CONTROL OF, DESERT LOCUST' "
..-- Prepared by the Food and Agricul ture Organization upon the request
of the Executive Secretary+, The Desert Locust Situation during 1960
~ The Desert Locust plague has continued actively through the year and shows no signs of general abatement though ,infestation haye been less serious in certain areas of Africa than during Borne reoent years. The locust has been particularly grave in eastern Africa, notably <in Ethiopia and the Somali Peninsula. Outside Africa an important development, which may affeot future migratione into Africa, has been a very considerable expansion of locust acti
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damage'by locusts has been reported.The United Nations Spe~ial,Fund Dese~t Locust Project.,
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A':development of outetanding international importa.nce in the o,ver\l-ll con,trol :of the· Dssert Locust on a long term basis has been the initiation of,ths ,United Natione; Special Fund DeeertLocust 'ProJectf the'largest of all Projects yet sanct{oned by the Special Fund.
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"~ This 6 year Project was 'appro~ed by the'Governing Council of the Special,Fund in December 1959 whim FAO "as designated Executing Agency.
Details of the Plan of Operation and bUdget were agreed between participating governments, the Special ,Fund and FAO at a Speoial Meeting held in Rome in April 1960. The Project became operational in June 1960.
The Project 'is designed to assist in developing
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more fundamental ',and global approach'to Desert -Locust control on, a l'o'ng term basis as it isappreciated that such costly control measures as those recently adopted will have to continue ,year aft~r year ~.tiloverall policy and strategy 'can 'be improved. ' , ','
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• c',,Ovor ,the six' your period of the Project, tho Special Fund contribution amounts to US$ 2,492,700 and tho contributions from participating governments
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, . The Project covers tho following ac.tivi ties, eachdesignod to' stimulate
ind oxpedi to the development of'inON' effectivc oontrol, ~f the D.osprt ·Lo.cust . at en international lovel, particularly t.hrough. a prevontetive 'policy.•· "The Project is not designed to, and ca.nnot, 'assi~6t oXisting types of 'De'sert' 'Lucust control campaigns. :
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.Ecological1:'Survey '(4 years)'"
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i,t. :",: ..C1· .' 567,000
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Reporting and forocesting"services
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9~,500, i,j99,295
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3,662,500 At the time of: writing (sopte!n.b6r·1960
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governments which have pledged thoir support of the.Projoct have completed the . necessary'· initi~l' f~~roalitidS .an'dh~ve, paid' in ,;ash' a total. of $227,89.6, reprosen-
tingfirst .a~ual contributi~ns..•..Thesogover~e~t$ include .the following c~nce;~cd with Africa: ':'. . ( " , J ' \ . -
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:;India, Iran, Pakistan, the ,united"Ar~bRepUbl~c ,,;nd . th~,Uni
ted Kingdom) has.1)oen designated' as 'the· export Advisory body to· the· Director-General. of. FAO >·in 'oxecuting the' Projcidt; :Stops have boen taken to s~ggcst that the FAa Council enj.arges the C'omniitt~e by the inclusion of rGprosentctivGs of tho Governments of Ethiopia, Moroccollnd the Sud:m RepUblic. '., ... ' . ,. . "
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Since the Project becamo operative in June 1960, the Desert Locust Ecological Survey has been extended to include. Niger Republic, furthor work has boen·undortaken in Mauritania and plans for a visit to the Somali Republic
~ave been formulated., Tho first Desert Locust Training Course will be hold . in, Morocco from Novemb.or 1960 to January 1961 and invitations have 'been issued
to call particip(l.ting (>overnrnents to nominate trainees. Governments havo also boon invited to submit candidates for scholarships and fellowships ,and for exchange visits and to roquost advisory visits. A survey of national field research stations and national reporting and forecasting services has begun.
A contract to enable tho Anti-Looust Rosearch Station to operate an enlarged Desert Locust Information Service is under discussion.
The Director-General of FAa, who is responsible for the execution of the Project on behalf of tho United Nations Special Fund, is confident that with the full coopGr~tion of the participating governments in Africa and western Asia the Project will lead to more effective Dosert Locust control, possibly at reduced cost, and will facilitate the establishment ef an inter- national body to placo Desert Locust control on a pormanent and international basis.
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