Locust Hub 

An Initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations





This page was created to provide information, maps and resources about the state of the Desert Locust situation and UN's response efforts.
The Locust Hub is the authoritative repository for desert locust data managed by FAO. The data is updated frequently with the latest observations from the field.
Locust Data - Last 7 days (zoom in to access satellite imagery basemap)

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Locust Data Explorer


For a more complete look at desert locust data view the Locust Data Explorer to the right. Visualize 7-day, 1-month, and 3-month data.

 Soil Moisture Viewer

The Soil Moisture Viewer (small version at right)  is a large-scale operational service that provides SM data at 1 km resolution. It is compliant with the highest standards of usability. The operational service has been developed by Lobelia Earth for the global Desert Locust early warning system operated by FAO’s Desert Locust Information Service.

For a full description of the data and viewer, open this link.

Note: FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of this data. Except where otherwise indicated, data may be copied, downloaded and used for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of users’ views, products or services is not implied in any way.


If interested in access to the complete desert locust data set,
fill the online form to request an account:

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