Yemen Desert Locust Response Project

The objectives of the Desert Locust Response Project for Yemen are to control the desert locust outbreak, support livelihoods in locust-affected areas and strengthen Yemen’s preparedness for future locust infestations. The Project has four components. 1. Surveillance and Control Measures component’s objective is to limit the growth and spread of current desert locust populations. This component has three sub-components. 1.1. Continuous surveillance sub-component will provide early warning of locust outbreaks, inform effective control operations, and mobilize assistance for affected and at-risk communities. Activities under the 1.2 Control measures sub-component aim to reduce locust populations and prevent their spread to new areas. It will emphasize neutralizing hopper bands using bio-pesticides before they develop into adult swarms, the control of which requires extensive use of conventional pesticides. 1.3. Risk reduction and management sub-component will monitor and assess environmental and human health risks associated with locust control and to implement health, environmental, and safety measures to reduce risks to an acceptable minimum. 2. Livelihood Protection and Rehabilitation component is designed to provide a robust protection response that ensures immediate relief to affected farmers and livestock owners and build their resilience to climate-induced locust infestation. 2.1. Safeguarding food security and protecting human capital for enhanced resilience sub-component aims to provide immediate Cash for Work (CfW) support to selected beneficiaries in locust-affected areas. These beneficiaries are expected to be primarily women, as well as agricultural laborers, tenant farmers, and sharecroppers. 2.2. Rehabilitating agricultural and pastoral livelihoods sub-component focuses on the longer-term restoration of livelihoods by providing targeted support to restore the assets of farmers and livestock owners affected by locust infestations and train primary...