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Regional Workshop on Camel Research and Development to enhance production and marketing of camel products, Mombasa, Kenya; 13-14th June, 2019
IGAD region is home to about 17,506,106 camels contributing over 51% of the world population. However, camel potential is affected by increased frequency of drought due to climate change, undiagnosed disease that causes sudden death and other trans-boundary animal diseases like camel pox, pests, limited knowledge and skills on camel husbandry by extension staff and […]
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Validation Workshop for National sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) strategy, Djibouti. Kempinski Hotel, Djibouti; 5th May, 2019
IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD), through financial support from USAID consulted relevant stakeholders in Djibouti and collected data on the status, challenges and next steps on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. The national draft strategy aligned to IGAD regional SPS strategy was reviewed; enriched and validated on 5th May, 2019 in […]
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Cross-border Governance structures for implementation of the signed Ethiopia-Kenya MoU launched and surveillance and vaccination procedures agreed for harmonization. Naivasha, Kenya; 2-3rd April, 2019
In August, 2018, IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from USAID facilitated for Ethiopia and Kenya to develop an implementation framework (IF) to operationalise the signed MoU on cross-border cooperation and coordination on animal health and sanitary measures. The IF put in place coordinated arrangements that included establishment of […]
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Bilateral Cross-border MOU between Ethiopia and Somalia to enhance Trans-boundary disease control and livestock trade signed by the Ministers on March 28, 2019-Addis Ababa
IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from USAID organized a bilateral two days meeting between Ethiopia and Somalia technical teams in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 26-27th March, 2019 to develop an implementation framework to operationalize the Memorandum of Understanding on crossborder cooperation and coordination on animal health and sanitary […]
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Regional Livestock Working Group Meeting:The status of Livestock insurance in the IGAD Region Reviewed, 26th February 2019, Nairobi,Kenya
Background Livestock production and livelihoods in the IGAD region are constrained by increased frequency of drought that has led to inadequate fodder and water and health issues and often resulted in loss of animals and livelihoods by the community. This calls for promotion of livestock insurance for pastoral communities to serve as one way to […]
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Meeting on Cross-border Animal Health Coordination for the control and Eradication of Peste des petis ruminants (PPR) from Oct 9-10, 2018, Addis Ababa
IGAD’s Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) emphasized the significance of cross-border animal health coordination for the control and eradication of Peste des petis ruminants (PPR) and other priority transboundary diseases from the Horn of Africa (HoA) as most countries have long and porous borders and animals move for pasture, water and trade. […]
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Improving Animal Health Services in Pastoral Areas: Regional Dialogue on How to Enhance Animal Health Service Delivery in the IGAD Region, 13-14th September 2018, Entebbe, Uganda
Introduction A two-day regional dialogue on enhancing animal health service delivery in the IGAD region was organized by ICPALD with financial support from the Regional Pastoral Livestock Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank and being implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The meeting discussed the recommendations from a study report of 2017 on […]
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Promotion Meeting for South Sudan NEALCO national chapter to enhance partnership and coordination on livestock production and marketing – 6th September, 2018 in Juba, South Sudan
A one-day promotion meeting was held on 6th September, 2018 in Juba, South Sudan to strengthen South Sudan North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) national chapter in areas of partnership and coordination on livestock production and trade. The chapter was established in March, 2017 with the support of ICPALD and AU-IBAR with financial support from […]
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New initiative to boost smallholders’ climate resilience in the Horn of Africa
5 September 2018, Kigali – The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have launched a new project that aims to buttress the capacities of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to adapt and be more resilient to the weather variability and climate change. With USD 6.8 […]
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Policy and Legal Experts meeting on the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance , 11-12 July 2018, Entebbe – Uganda
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) held a two day national meeting bringing together legal and policy level experts from the Government of Uganda to review the final technical Protocol on Transhumance in the IGAD Region in Entebbe, Uganda. The experts are required to review the implications of the Transhumance Protocol […]
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