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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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Regional Training on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Livestock Sector, 25th – 27th October 2018; Naivasha, Kenya
Introduction A three-days regional training on Public-Private Partnership in the livestock sector was organized by IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank and Partnership Programme (PP) funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The training […]
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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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Meeting between Ethiopia and Kenya for development of Implementation Framework (IF) for operationalization of cross border MoU on enhancing Trans boundary Animal Disease control and livestock trade , held in Adama, Ethiopia,14- 15th August 2018
Introduction IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) organized a bilateral two days meeting between Ethiopia and Kenya technical teams to finalize the development of the implementation framework (IF) for operationalization of the MoU between the two countries that was signed in June, 2016 by Ministers of livestock. The participants were comprised of representatives […]
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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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Experience Sharing Mission for Kismayo Quarantine Staff (Somalia) to the Djibouti Export Quarantine June 21st-22nd, 2018
Introduction ICPALD facilitated and supported an experience sharing mission for 5 quarantine officials from the Jubaland State of Somalia to the Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Quarantine that is owned by the Prime International Company, in Djibouti. The mission was, specifically for a team from Kisimayo with limited export experience to learn about the standards and […]
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3rd Inter-Regional Joint Technical Meeting of IGAD Exporting and MENA Importing countries to strengthen collaboration for enhanced Livestock and Meat trade; June 24-25, 2018- Dubai; UAE
Introduction IGAD and FAO have been implementing a regional project on “Improving Supply of Safe and Quality Livestock and Meat Exported from the Horn of Africa to Middle East and North African (MENA) Countries” funded by the Italian International Cooperation. IGAD region exports about 50% of live animals and less than 10% of meat required […]
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