Pesticide
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FAO supporting Iran in fight against Desert Locust
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides Islamic Republic of Iran with additional pesticide sprayers, backing the country in the fight against Desert Locust.
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FAO supplies Iran with more desert locust equipment
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – FAO delivers two more consignments of desert locust control equipment and materials to Iran to further enhance national technical capacity to prevent and decrease the damages caused by this migratory pest.
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Indian company to export 25 tons of pesticides to Iran to control locust invasion
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Indian state-owned HIL Ltd will supply 25 tonnes of pesticides to Iran to control locust.
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FAO delivers 1st batch of desert locust control equipment to Iran
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – In a statement, FAO announced that in the scheme of an emergency technical cooperation project it has supplied necessary pesticide sprayers to Iran to assist the country in its effort to control the unprecedented desert locust infestation.
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By: Rahbar Emamdadi
Nightly fight against field locusts
HORMOZGAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Fighting against field locusts is underway in Siyahoo region in Hormozgan province. Up to the present time, over 30,000-ha pastureland and natural resources of this province have been fought against this pest.
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By: Rahbar Emamdadi
ICMO uses insecticides to control locust swarms in southern Iran
HORMOZGAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s Crisis Management Organization has conducted several operations to spray chemical insecticides over 30,000 hectares of lands to battle the swarms of locusts that have arrived in Sirik and Jask in the southern province of Hormozgan.
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FAO investigating locust breakout in Iran
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Head of Iran Plant Protection Organization Mohammad Reza Dargahi said on Wednesday that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is investigating the recent outbreak of desert locusts in the country.
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By: Hamid Heidari
Swarm of locusts attack southern Iran
HASHT BANDI, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Southern Iranian regions are facing attacks by a swarm of locusts originated from north African regions. According to officials, the attack may affect some 300,000 hectares of agricultural lands and gardens of the country. Some 45,000 ha have been sprayed with pesticides and efforts are underway to further fight back the plague.
