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Experience sharing Mission on livestock identification and traceability system (LITS) undertaken to Namibia for Livestock ministers and parliamentarians of IGAD
IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) has organized the above regional experience sharing mission to Namibia for IGAD Ministers and Parliamentarians from Dec 12-15, 2016. Livestock identification and traceability is an emerging system being used by both the exporting and importing countries to protect public health, enhance food safety and trade in […]
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Training provided for North East Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) national chapters & regional Executives in Policy, Investment, Communication and Advocacy (PICA)
VETERINARY GOVERNACE programme that is being implemented by ICPALD in partnership with AU-IBAR and funded by the European Union (EU) has been supporting North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) to promote regional and international trade. NEALCO is a private sector regional livestock stakeholders’ association constituted by national livestock traders’ associations drawn from 13 countries, namely: […]
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A follow-up meeting of the Regional Network for Quarantines
Introduction A follow-up meeting of the Regional Network for Quarantines was organized in Kampala from 9th to 11th November 2016 with the main aim of operationalizing the network to foster harmonization of standard and activities, including sharing of information among experts driving the quarantine system. A total of 21 participants drawn from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, […]
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Gap Analysis of Cross-border Livestock Trade Policy and Practices, and Cross-border Market Infrastructure
Background RPLRP project funded by the World Bank is being implemented in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda has the objective of enhancing livelihood resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in cross-border drought prone areas so as to improve their capacity to respond promptly and effectively to any eligible crisis or emergency (drought, floods etc). The project […]
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NEALCO Membership drive and awareness campaign in Djibouti
NEALCO Membership drive and awareness campaign in Djibouti Participants at the NEALCO Membership Drive and Awareness Campaign in Djibouti, Djibouti City, 26-28 September 2016 A membership drive and awareness campaign for NEALCO in Djibouti was conducted in Djibouti City from 26th to 28th June 2016 with an overall objective of initiating recruitment of […]
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ICPALD undertook Trade mission in South East Asia for the private sector and regulatory bodies of IGAD livestock exporting countries
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with FAO, with financial support from Italian Development Cooperation is implementing the regional project, “Improving supply of safe and quality livestock and meat exported from the Horn of Africa to Middle East and North African (MENA) countries”. Though the MENA market is major and close to our countries; […]
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ICPALD undertook Trade mission in South East Asia for the private sector and regulatory bodies of IGAD livestock exporting countries
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with FAO, with financial support from Italian Development Cooperation is implementing the regional project, “Improving supply of safe and quality livestock and meat exported from the Horn of Africa to Middle East and North African (MENA) countries”. Though the MENA market is major and close to our countries; […]
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The NEALCO Executive and Advisory committee Meeting
1.0 Background The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in partnership with Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with financial support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is implementing the regional project, the Standard Methods and Procedures in Animal Health (SMP-AH) in a bid to address challenges posed by trade-related transboundary animal […]
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Sudan and Ethiopia draft MoU on cross-border Animal Health and livestock trade programmes
ICPALD organized a cross-border meeting in Khartoum, Sudan from 15th to 17th August 2016 between Sudan and Ethiopia supported by the VetGov and SMP-AH projects, projects implemented in partnership with AU-IBAR and funded by the EU and USAID, respectively. The main aim of the cross-border meeting was to initiate development of a binding agreement between […]
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Inter-Regional joint meeting of IGAD -Middle East & North Africa ( MENA) countries to improve collaboration & enhance livestock export trade undertaken
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. The region has huge potential to export livestock and meat to the MENA countries’ market […]
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