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Predicting locust outbreaks at village-level resolution

open Ethiopia, Africa

Improve forecasting by combining meteorology, vegetation, field observations, and community reporting so control efforts can occur before swarms devastate crops.

local-regional africa ethiopia predicting locust outbreaks village-level resolution improve forecasting combining meteorology vegetation science-space climate-environment east-africa pest regularly

WS04043

By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T16:02:17Z · Horizon: 2030

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