In mid and late June, they decreased in the south but progressed northwards and to the south-east. Plantings are underway. Grain eating birds are concentrating in several arrondissements of Diffa department. Insect attacks are reported on maize in Agadez region.
Grasshoppers are also present in several areas.
Low numbers of solitary Desert Locust adults may be present in some parts of the Tamesna in the north. Numbers may increase slightly if adults appear from the east. Breeding on a small scale is expected to commence with the onset of the seasonal rains in this area. Despite an above-average harvest in 1996, the food supply situation is tight in several areas which gathered poor crops in 1996, some for the second successive year. Substantial population movements have notably been reported in Tanout area, in Zinder department.