Locust Invasion in Ethiopia : Scope and Impact
The desert locust, the most destructive migratory pest in the world, is highly mobile and feeds on large quantities of any kind of green vegetation, including crops, pasture, and fodder with great potential to cause deterioration in the food securi...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/104381620882909475/Locust-Invasion-in-Ethiopia-Scope-and-Impact-Evidence-from-the-World-Bank-Supported-High-Frequency-Phone-Surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35605 |
| Summary: | The desert locust, the most destructive
migratory pest in the world, is highly mobile and feeds on
large quantities of any kind of green vegetation, including
crops, pasture, and fodder with great potential to cause
deterioration in the food security situation across the East
Africa region. Ethiopia experienced two invasions of locust
in 2020. The impacts of locust invasions are exacerbated by
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions, war, and
flooding which are expected to substantially reduce
Ethiopia’s economic growth. This brief reports on the scope,
intensity, and type of damage incurred by rural households
as a result of both the first and second locust invasions in
Ethiopia, based on high-frequency phone survey data. It
provides a rich set of background information on the
COVID-19 high frequency phone survey of households which can
be leveraged to assess the differential impacts of the
COVID-19 and desert locust invasion. |
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