Desert locusts. According to FAO, Somalia is one of the countries to have made huge gains in suppressing one of the largest desert locusts surges in living memory. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Wednesday opened a centre to monitor desert locusts in the country.
The National Desert Locust Monitoring and Control Centre, which will be based in Qardho in northeast Somalia, will serve as the national desert locust early warning and control base.
