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Regional Animal Welfare Strategy and Action Plan for IGAD Member States validated
The livestock sector in the IGAD region same as in the rest of African continent sector is constrained by poor compliance with animal welfare practices due to inadequate public and private sector investments, weak support institutions, inadequate capacity, low public awareness, outdated policies, apathy to law enforcement among others. IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and […]
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The regional Fodder and Range Platform for IGAD Member States launched
Live animal and meat export trade from IGAD MS to Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries usually face some fluctuations due to several challenges such as livestock diseases and lack of feed among others . In 2015, the region exported over 12 millions of live animals to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]
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Inception Workshop for the Project “Building Resilient Pastoral Communities through Cross-border Livestock Value Chains in the IGAD Region
Background: In the eight countries constituting the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region over 70 percent of the territory is arid and semi-arid land (ASAL), occupied by an estimated 20 million pastoralists and agro pastoralists deriving their livelihoods from livestock husbandry. In the course of working with pastoral communities and livestock production systems in […]
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Meeting With ILRI Facilitated by CTA
The meeting was held on 28th of July, 2016 at ILRI’s premises, Nairobi. It was attended by representatives of CTA, ICPALD, IIRR, and ILRI The meeting was organized on the background that ILRI is underway to finalize a project proposal within their partnership with CTA. Among the meeting’s objectives was to discuss the possible ways […]
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Regional Technical Working Group for harmonization of Grades and standards of live animal, meat and hides and skins established in the IGAD region
Standards and grading systems have permitted many agricultural commodities for business and safety environment requiring that market participants must achieve higher level of services so as to capture substantial added value. The ecosystems from which pastoralists and other livestock producers derive their livelihoods often go beyond national borders same as the market networks for livestock […]
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NEALCO members visited feedlots and abattoirs in South Africa and Botswana to benchmark and learn good practices
To enable NEALCO members learn good practises that could allow them reorganise the livestock industry in the region in order to embrace the export opportunities for livestock and livestock products, especially in Middle-East ICPALD organized a benchmarking visit for them to feedlots and abattoirs in South Africa and Botswana from 25th to 29th April 2016. […]
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Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia identified priority areas and develop draft binding agreements on animal health and livestock trade to facilitate service delivery along their common borders
To strengthen cooperation and collaboration between countries along bilateral borders in order to address disease surveillance, disease control and timely sharing of animal health and trade information, a cross-border meeting was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 4th to 6th May 2016 to initiate development of binding agreements between Ethiopia and Djibouti; between Ethiopia and […]
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Validation of Djibouti Livestock Development Fund (LDF) report undertaken
Djibouti’s livestock resources are important approximately 60% of the population who depend on it as a source of livelihood. There is an estimated 1 million head of sheep and goats and 300,000 cattle in the country. The sector is faced with many challenges including inadequate government policies to support sustainable livestock production, lack of rainfall […]
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The IGAD regional livestock identification and traceability systems (LITS) legal framework validated
The IGAD regional livestock identification and traceability systems (LITS) legal framework has just been validated in a validation workshop held in May 2nd-3rd, 2016 in Fairway Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. It was attended by about 33 participants who included CVOs, members of the national LITS technical teams in the IGAD MS and experienced consultants on LITS […]
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Validation of the report of diagnostic goat value chains study in north-eastern Kenya conducted
As livelihoods of the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in north-eastern (NE) Kenya are dependent on livestock production, particularly the goats of breed galla, that are kept by the Somali and Boran communities of Kenya; and are among the major livestock types kept by most households that have livestock in the region where livestock and the […]
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Oliver Salehe
