It is a very personal account that echoes humanity in a world where being human is sometimes disappearing … [A] must-read for those wishing to learn about the world's most dangerous migratory pest … Desert Locust Plagues is a modest testimony to the silent and mostly unknown efforts by so many people who continue to protect our food security.

Keith Cressman, Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations

Everard's book is both a memoir of an exciting and sometimes hazardous career - every chapter has a close brush with death - and also an account of the development of the technology.

Times Literary Supplement

In this lovely little book – part science, part autobiography – Colin Everard tells tales of his time in the Horn of Africa 60 or so years ago ... [and] offers a keen analysis of the scientific developments that have helped the cause – from pesticides that don't do too much environmental harm, to satellite observation ... [His] appreciation of the region's natural beauty is infectious.

Geographical Magazine

One of the great unsung achievements of the 20th century and Everard pays it a fitting tribute.

Daily Mail

Everard's passages on locusts are interesting, as are those on the technological developments.

The Spectator

An enthralling account for anyone who remembers how tough and yet supremely fulfilling it could be to brave deserts, mountains, the elements and hostility in order to further a crucial cause. If your patch included any of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti or Kenya it is nigh on compulsory reading.

Bill Jackson, Bodleian Library, Oxford University