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Funding institution awareness significantly impacts locust plague cycles. Increasing support by a small percentage and optimizing field team deployment can improve locust management strategies.

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  • Pest Management

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  • Preventive management of locust plagues is often ineffective.
  • Funding institution awareness may influence cyclic locust plagues.
  • A multi-level management system was proposed.

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  • To model locust plague development and management.
  • To identify factors influencing plague cycles.
  • To improve management system effectiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a multi-agent system for locust plague dynamics.
  • Implemented a three-level management system (funding institution, national control unit, field teams).
  • Conducted sensitivity analysis to evaluate the management system.

Main Results:

  • Decreased funding institution awareness led to cyclic locust plagues.
  • A slight increase in funding institution support significantly improved outcomes.
  • Optimizing field team numbers and enhancing information acquisition by teams increased efficiency.

Conclusions:

  • Anti-locust management should be viewed as a complex adaptive system.
  • This perspective helps managers communicate funding needs and funders understand their role in locust dynamics.
  • Integrating decision-making into locust dynamics is crucial for managing populations affecting humans.