Desert locust activity increased in Morocco in March as an outbreak began in Morocco’s Sahara and continued to spread northwards, according to the latest monitoring update from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Adult locust groups migrated north across southern Morocco, where breeding activity intensified, FAO said.
Breeding extended to areas north of Agadir and near Errachidia, with hopper groups and bands detected during the second half of the month near Guelmim, indicating local reproduction, it said.
In the Moroccan Sahara region, immature and mature adult locust groups declined as they moved north, although some breeding was reported in situ, FAO said.
A limited number of immature adult groups crossed into Algeria during the first week of March, the FAO said. Isolated adult locusts were also reported in the Canary Islands. No locust activity was recorded elsewhere in the region.
