FAO and Somali Government Open Permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre in Somalia

[Deeq A.]

His Excellency, the President of Puntland State, Mr. Said Abdullahi Dani, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Somalia Country Representative, Mr Etienne Peterschmitt, have today opened the National Desert Locust Monitoring and Control Centre in Somalia. The centre, which is based in Qardho, Bari Region will not only serve Puntland but will also act as the National Desert Locust Early Warning and Control base. The construction of the centre was implemented by FAO and generously funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UKaid) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through two projects in support of the Desert Locust response to mitigate impacts of Desert Locusts on food security and livelihoods in the region. The two donors have been supporting Desert Locust survey and control activities as well as supporting the livelihoods of communities affected by the Desert Locust upsurge.His Excellency, the President of Puntland State, Mr. Said Abdullahi Dani, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Somalia Country Representative, Mr Etienne Peterschmitt, have today opened the National Desert Locust Monitoring and Control Centre in Somalia. The centre, which is based in Qardho, Bari Region will not only serve Puntland but will also act as the National Desert Locust Early Warning and Control base. The construction of the centre was implemented by FAO and generously funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UKaid) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through two projects in support of the Desert Locust response to mitigate impacts of Desert Locusts on food security and livelihoods in the region. The two donors have been supporting Desert Locust survey and control activities as well as supporting the livelihoods of communities affected by the Desert Locust upsurge.

Source: Hiiraan Online