FAO strengthens Desert Locust surveillance and control capacity in Yemen
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Training workshop on Desert Locust surveillance and control concluded in Aden with three vehicles handed over to Ministry of Agriculture
7 February 2021, Sana’a -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries (MAIF) last week concluded a training workshop on Desert Locust surveillance and control in Aden. FAO also delivered three vehicles to MAIF under fund from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The five-days training workshop targeted 22 participants from local and central agriculture offices and aimed at enriching their knowledge and improve their skills in Desert Locust surveys, data collection and analysis, pest control tools, methods and mechanisms in addition to types of pesticides to be used for control operations and environmental and health standards including pesticides storage and handling and first aid in ca