Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP)

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Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Farmers and Staff in Awasa

OFDA staff discussing CBAMFEW project with farmers and MoA staff in Awasa, Ethiopia Photo credit: Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Farmers and Staff in Kaijado

OFDA staff discussing CBAMFEW project with farmers and MoA staff in Kajiado, Kenya Photo credit: Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): MoAKenya Staff

MoAKenya staff discussing CBAMFEW project with a farmer forecaster in Embere N in Kenay Photo credit: Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Farmers in Konabaridi

Farmer forecasters and MoA staff proudly posed next to an OFDA supplied phromone trap, Konabaridi, Kenya Photo credit: Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Farmers in Fedis

Farmer forecasters and MoA staff gathered around an OFDA supplied pheromon trap in Fedis, Ethiopia Photo credit: DLCO-EA.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Farmers Near Shashamane

OFDA staff discussing plant health issues with a participating farmers near Shashamane, Ethiopia Photo credit: Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Copulating Tree Locust in Sudan

Copulating Tree Locust in Sudan Photo credit: Caroline Abla.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): AAW Project Kick Off Tanzania

Belayneh at AAW project kick off in Arusha, Tanzania, January 2004 Photo credit: USAID.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Spray Aircraft in Senegal

USAID OFDA provided spray aircraft in San Louis Senegal, October, 2004

USAID OFDA provided spray aircraft in St. Louis Senegal, October, 2004 Photo credit: Diplomat.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): PSN Stakeholers in Nazareth

Belayneh discussing with PSN stakeholders in Nazreth. Ethiopia, May 2009 Photo credit: USAID.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): AA Winter - Mali

AA Winter, Belayneh et al. in Gundam Mali, September 2004 Photo credit: USAID.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Senegalese Regional Crop

A Senegalese regional crop protection officer showing the U.S. delegation a damage done to the peanut plants in Thies, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Lemon Tree Defoliated

A lemon tree completely defoliated by a desert locust swarm in a citrus orchard run by a women's cooperative in Rosso, southern Mauritania. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Citrus Tree

A citrus tree completely defoliated by a desert locust swarm in Rosso, southern Mauritania. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Lemon Tree

A lemon tree denuded by a desert locust swarm in Rosso, southern Mauritania. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - USAID Locust Expert

USAID locust expert describes an immature adult desert locust to USAID and DPV staff, Trarza, Mauritania. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Lush Vegetation

Lush vegetation such as this one in Trarza, south-central Mauritania created favorable conditions for the locusts to breed and multiply over vast areas. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Roger Winter

A U.S. delegation lead by Mr. Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator for USAID's DCHA Bureau, in the foreground accompanied by Mr. Carduner, Mission Director for USAID/Senegal, other USAID staff, Senegal military personnel and crop protection. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Farmer Spraying Locust

A farmer spraying locust infested fields without appropriate personal protective gear, Tivaouane, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Trenches

Trenches like this one are dug to capture and kill marching hoppers, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Peanut Field Destroyed by Locust

A peanut field completely destroyed by the desert locust in Tivaouane, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - U.S. Delegation Visits Locust Areas

A U.S. delegation visited locust affected areas in Mali, Mauritania and Senegal in September 2004. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Desert Hoppers

Desert locust hoppers hit the highway in Thies, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Cadavers of Dead Hoppers

Cadavers of dead hoppers in a trench dug to protect a peanut crop against hopper invasions, Tivaouane, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Trench Dug by Farmers

A trench dug by farmers protected a peanut field against desert locust hoppers. The protected field is on the left side, Tivaouane, Senegal. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Assessing the Situation in Senegal

USAID/OFDA's locust expert assessing the locust situation in Senegal during a field visit by a U.S. delegation lead by Mr. Roger Winter. Note late instar hoppers climbing up a tree to escape the heat and forage. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Pesticides Provided by FAO

Pesticides provided by FAO to Mali for locust control, Toumbuktou, Mali, September 2004. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Unimog Truck

A Unimog truck loaded with pesticides parked outside a crop protection center in Gundam, Mali. This was part of a bilateral assistance from Algeria to Mali which included four teams of locust experts, pesticides, fuel, and vehicle mount sprayers. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Command and Control Centre

A locust command and control centre in Bamako sponsored by the USAID Mission to Mali. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Farmer in Toumbuktou

A farmer in Toumbuktou, Mali sifting through whatever meager millet seeds she could salvage after her sorghum field was severely damaged by a locust attack. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - A Farmer in Gundam

A farmer in Gundam, Mali who had lost his entire millet field to locusts and drought is leery of what the future holds for him. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Feeding on a Millet Crop

A swarm of immature adult locusts feeding on a millet crop already suffering from moisture stress in Mopti, Mali. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Immature Adult Desert Locust

A swarm of immature adult desert locust feeding on a millet field already suffering from moisture stress in Bambara Moudy, Mali. Photo credit: USAID / Yene T. Belayneh.

Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP): Locust - Locust Swarm Acacia Trees