Food and Agriculture Organization JO No. 30., Final Report. Report for RAMP-CLIN 0002-JO No.30 - FAO. RAMP/FAO, June 2006

摘要

In 2002 and 2003, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) coordinated emergency locust control campaigns in northern Afghanistan against a major outbreak of Moroccan Locust, which posed a serious threat to wheat and crop production. Although the 2003 campaign successfully eliminated locusts over large surfaces in many regions, a significant number of adult populations remained in other areas until the end of the campaign and bred successfully. A further locust control campaign in 2004 was urgently required to minimize possible damage to crops and curtail swarms. In response to the appeal for emergency assistance in Afghanistan, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Programme (RAMP) contributed US$606 651 in support of the FAO project OSRO/AFG/405/USA, entitled Follow-up of emergency locust control in northern Afghanistan and renovation of laboratory of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. The contribution given was for the provision of technical assistance and the procurement of equipment and materials (excluding insecticide). The project was implemented from 1 March 2004 to 28 February 2005 following approval for a no-cost extension. The overall goal of the programme was to contribute to the food security of Afghanistan.