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Igad signs $3 million World Bank grant to fight pest invasion

A worker sprays pesticides to fight desert locusts. Igad will set up an Inter-Regional Platform for the sustainable management of desert locusts and other trans-boundary pests. PHOTO | FILE

By  Pauline Kairu

Contributor based in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) has signed a three-year, $3 million grant with the World Bank to set up an Inter-Regional Platform for the sustainable management of desert locusts and other trans-boundary pests.

The grant is part of the World Bank's Emergency Locust Response Programme Phase 3 and is expected to run until August 2024.

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