Climate change and locust outbreak in East Africa

Salih, Abubakr A. M.; Baraibar, Marta; Mwangi, Kenneth; Artan, Guleid

doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0835-8

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“…In other cases, extreme events can reduce pests and weeds, and as such support crop establishment and growth ( Young, 2015 ). Recent intense desert locust outbreaks across East Africa, Asia and the Middle East have been linked to a series of cyclones causing warm and wet conditions ( Salih et al, 2020 ). In Ethiopia, as per April 2020, nearly 200,000 ha of cropland were damaged by the insects, leading to the loss of over 356,000 tons of grain and thousands of tons of crop residues, a key livestock feed in the country ( FAO, 2020 ).…”

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Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Godde

Mason-D’Croz

Mayberry

et al. 2021

Global Food Security

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The potential impacts of climate change on current livestock systems worldwide are a major concern, and yet the topic is covered to a limited extent in global reports such as the ones produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In this article, we review the risk of climate-related impacts along the land-based livestock food supply chain. Although a quantification of the net impacts of climate change on the livestock sector is beyond the reach of our current understanding, there is strong evidence that there will be impacts throughout the supply chain, from farm production to processing operations, storage, transport, retailing and human consumption. The risks of climate-related impacts are highly context-specific but expected to be higher in environments that are already hot and have limited socio-economic and institutional resources for adaptation. Large uncertainties remain as to climate futures and the exposure and responses of the interlinked human and natural systems to climatic changes over time. Consequently, adaptation choices will need to account for a wide range of possible futures, including those with low probability but large consequences.

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Section: Exposure Of Human and Natural Systemsmentioning

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Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Godde

Mason-D’Croz

Mayberry

et al. 2021

Global Food Security

331

110

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“…While SSA countries have very high potential for maize and rice production (Fig. 2), the impacts of climate change [44][45][46] and recent locust invasion 47,48 coupled with COVID-19 movement restrictions are likely to reduce the production potential 49 . Fig.…”

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COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons

2020

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COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions as part of the control measures put in place by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has implications on food security, as movement restrictions coincided with planting periods for most of the staple crops. The measures are affecting important staple crops in SSA, and are likely to exacerbate food security challenges in many countries. Achieving adequate food supply in SSA requires developing better policies and packages to confronting the challenge of reducing hunger post COVID-19 pandemic. The lessons learned after COVID-19 crisis will be very important for African countries to rethink their strategies and policies for sustainable economic growth, as COVID-19 many have significant impacts on all sectors of their economies.

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“…The current locust swarm, which began in July 2019, has become endemic in Africa, and alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a disaster with a cascading risk (Pescaroli & Alexande, 2018). In East Africa, DL outbreak is threatening livelihoods, food security, the environment, and economic development in the region (Abubakr et al, 2020). The current upsurge in East Africa is the worst in 25 years in Ethiopia and Somalia and the worst in 70 years in Kenya (FSNWG, 2020a).…”

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Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Kassegn

Endris

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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East Africa region is facing an unprecedented triple socioeconomic threat caused by the combined effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the upsurge of desert locusts, and recent severe floods. The socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with the massive economic impacts of desert locust, and flooding resulted in devastating implications on livelihood and food security situation in East Africa. The overall objective of this review is to assess and compile the widespread socioeconomic impacts of the three threats in East Africa evidence from Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, in this review, all relevant information were collected through different search engines of PubMed/PMC/Medline, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, Google, and Science Direct databases. In addition, local media news, reports relevant to the topic from local and national governments, international organizations, and NGOs were used. The review found that the threats do not just have short-term impacts on socioeconomic conditions of the people in the region in general and in Ethiopia in particular, they exacerbate prevailing food insecurity and undermine livelihoods and development gains that took years to build. Restriction measures introduced by governments to contain the spread of Andualem Kassegn ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andualem Kassegn is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Wollo University and a BA degree in Economics from Mekelle University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching livelihood and income diversifications, impact evaluations, food security, and poverty matters, etc. Ebrahim Endris is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Haramaya University and BSc degree in Agricultural Economics from the same University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching market analysis, value chain analysis, food security and poverty, livelihood diversifications, impact evaluations, etc. PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT This review article explores the triple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa mainly focus on Ethiopia. The review revealed that these threats are currently devastating the socioeconomic situations of millions of people in East Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular. This review found that the worst affected groups by the threats were smallholder households, children, youths, women, migrants, informal workers, and microsmall and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, this review article calls interventions of governments, international organizations, stakeholders, NGOs and provides possible suggestions for researchers to research in the future to reduce the short and ...

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Climate change and locust outbreak in East Africa

Cited by 168 publications

References 9 publications

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

COVID-19 and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications of lockdown during agricultural planting seasons

Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

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