By the end of April 2020, Desert Locust in Pakistan harmed about 431.9 thousand hectares of vegetation area (including 233.0 thousand hectares cropland and 198.9 thousand hectares grassland), mainly distributed in North-central Punjab, northern Baluchistan, southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, central Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Western Sind in Pakistan. 

As of mid-April 2020, 20 provinces in Yemen had been harmed since Desert Locust invaded northeastern Yemen in January 2019. 

By the end of March 2020, 11 states in Somalia had been harmed since Desert Locusts invaded northern Somalia in June 2019. 

By early to mid-March 2020, 21 counties in Kenya had been harmed since desert locusts invaded northeastern Kenya on December 28, 2019. 

Currently the Desert Locusts are mainly located in the winter breeding areas of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden coast and Pakistan, and the winter-spring breeding areas of Ethiopia and Kenya in southern Horn of Africa.

The Desert Locust has ravaged the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia, posing serious threats on agricultural production and food security of the inflicted regions. 

Collection of remote sensing monitoring and forecasting reports of crop diseases and insect pests in 2019

Collection of remote sensing monitoring and forecasting reports of crop diseases and insect pests in 2018

    During April to May 2020, pest will occur heavier than disease in eleven main winter wheat production countries, including Russia, China, United States, Pakistan, France, Turkey, Iran, Germany, Canada, Uzbekistan and United Kingdom. The total areas affected by wheat rust (Puccinia striiformis) and aphid (Sitobion avenae & Rhopalosiphum padi) are estimated to reach 30 million hectares.

In May 2020, due to the higher temperature and precipitation with previous years, and the more basic number of main pests and diseases before winter, pests and diseases will severely occur in winter wheat regions of China. The total areas affected by wheat yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis), fusarium head blight (Fusarium graminearum), sheath blight (Rhizotonia cerealis) and aphid (Sitobion avenae & Rhopalosiphum padi) are estimated to reach 18.1 million hectares.

In late April 2020, due to the higher temperature and precipitation with previous years, and the more basic number of main pests and diseases before winter, pests and diseases will severely occur in winter wheat regions of China. The total areas affected by wheat yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis), sheath blight (Rhizotonia cerealis) and aphid (Sitobion avenae & Rhopalosiphum padi) are estimated to reach 7.4 million hectares.

In 2020, due to the higher temperature and precipitation with previous years, and the more basic number of main pests and diseases before winter, pests and diseases are severely occurred in winter wheat regions of China. The total area affected by wheat yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis), sheath blight (Rhizotonia cerealis), fusarium head blight (Fusarium graminearum) and aphid (Sitobion avenae & Rhopalosiphum padi) is estimated to be 16.3 million hectares.