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Knowledge Share Fair: IGAD Cross-Border Resilience Programing
Nairobi, 27 May 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development hosted a Horn of Africa Regional Knowledge Share Fair, an event that was dedicated to disseminating results of resilience programming, focusing on IGAD’s Karamoja, Moyale and Mandera clusters in the cross-border areas of Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya. With financial support from […]
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Launch of Android Based Platform for Cross Border Livestock Marketing
Nairobi, 19 June 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) launched the livestock marketing App, linked to the IGAD Livestock Marketing Information System (ILMIS). The event convened livestock value chain stakeholders from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, for a two-day meeting on 18-19 June 2024, in Naivasha-Kenya. The android-based digital platform […]
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Government of Kenya Signing of the Transhumance Protocol
Nairobi, 6 June 2024 – A significant milestone was achieved today in Nairobi as the Republic of Kenya officially signed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Protocol on Transhumance. This made Kenya the fifth IGAD country to adopt the Protocol. H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and […]
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Gender Inclusive Regional Drylands Forum to Identify Research Priorities
May 14, 2024 (NAIROBI, Kenya) ICPALD funded by the government of Sweden, Ethiopia Embassy – under the Sustainable Ecosystem Management (SEM) project, held a two-day regional meeting on gender inclusive regional drylands forum to identify research priorities for co-creation. The two days’ meeting held in Nairobi on May 13-14, 2024 was officially opened by Dr. […]
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Seasonal Range Forage Prediction
The cross-border forage prediction model is an important decision support tool aimed at informing the livestock and other relevant sectors on the seasonal outlooks on forage condition. It covers the Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda borderland areas. Outlook for March-May 2024 Predicted wetter-than-normal conditions expected in most cross-border areas of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South […]
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Kenya Policy Makers Meeting on the IGAD Transhumance Protocol
March 13, 2024 (MACHAKOS, Kenya) The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, with the financial support of the European Union, held a two-day Kenya policy makers meeting on the signing, ratification and domestication of the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance. In physical attendance were 35 national stakeholders from the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group (PPG), the […]
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South Sudan Legal & Policy Dialogue on Transhumance
February 22, 2024 (RAJAF, South Sudan) The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, with the financial support of the European Union, held a three-day national legal and policy dialogue on transhumance. In physical attendance were a total of 30 national stakeholders drawn from relevant South Sudan line ministries and Parliament. Specifically, relevant officials […]
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The Regional Pastoralism Day and Expo
February 1, 2024 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): The IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) in collaboration with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands (MILLs) held the Regional Pastoralism Day and Expo from January 26 – February 1, 2024, an event dedicated to celebrate the rich heritage of pastoralism, address the challenges faced by […]
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Gender Mainstreaming Training
Introduction The gender mainstreaming training was conducted across three selected sites as part of the Sustainable Ecosystem Management Project activities, between 30th January and 15th February 2024. The primary focus of the training was to instill transformative approaches aimed at achieving gender equality within the project’s framework. Gender inclusivity stands as a cornerstone of the […]
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Cross-Border Transhumance, Peace & Conflict Dialogue between Turkana (Kenya) & Karamoja (Uganda)
December 7, 2023 (MOROTO, Uganda) The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, with financial support of the German Government under SCIDA III project, held a two-day dialogue session on transhumance, peace and security between Turkana (Kenya) and Karamoja (Uganda). In attendance were: The State Minister for Mineral Development /MP for Chekwii East Constituency, […]
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Christine Norah
