Presentation made by Keith Cressman at the 40th session of the FAO Desert Locust Control Committee (DLCC) on the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia, SWAC (20 June 2012)

1. SWAC
FAO Commission for Controlling the
Desert Locust in South-West Asia

2. AFGHANISTAN
I.R. IRAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
1964 1 out of 5
people live in SWAC

3. $ 2,750 Afghanistan
$ 16,700 Pakistan
$ 25,000 I.R. Iran
$400,000+
arrears
$ 27,000 India

4. Tehran 1965-1979
2 secretaries
Rome 1979 - present
7 secretaries

5. 2
7
9
27 sessions
1964 - 2011
5
4

6. OPS. plan & implement survey & control in the Region
RESOURCES. arrange availability of adequate resources
PROMOTE. national, regional, international survey & control
ASSISTANCE. determine nature & extent for national program
EMERGENCIES. assist when national capacity is exceeded
PESTICIDES. maintain strategic locations of equipment & pesticide
INFO. ensure all countries informed of latest situation & research
RESEARCH. assist and coordinate
COLLABORATE. locust survey, control & research within Region

7. OPS. plan & implement survey & control in the Region
RESOURCES. arrange availability of adequate resources
PROMOTE. national, regional, international survey & control
ASSISTANCE. determine nature & extent for national program
EMERGENCIES. assist when national capacity is exceeded
PESTICIDES. maintain strategic locations of equipment & pesticide
INFO. ensure all countries informed of latest situation & research
RESEARCH. assist and coordinate
COLLABORATE. locust survey, control & research within Region

8. REGIONAL TRAINING NATIONAL TRAINING
EQUIPMENT
MASTER TRAINERS
(TOT)
ELOCUST2

9. 20,000 km in 30 days
I.R. IRAN
PAKISTAN

10. www.fao.org/ag/locusts/SWAC

11. $400,000+ arrears
lack of donor interest
politics & security

12. The Future
biopesticides
2 locust info officers
master trainers
IND/PAK border meetings
DLCC participation
contingency plans
equipment inventory system
environmental monitoring CRC