ICPALD News

23 Oct 19

Ministers Adopt Recommendations and Roadmap on Curbing Livestock Rustling in the IGAD Region

IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from European Union and Technical Cooperation Fund (EU-TCF) organized a two-day workshop on cattle rustling in the region. The regional technical high-level experts validation meeting on findings of the social and economic costs of livestock rustling in the…

26 Aug 19

IGAD /ICPALD Regional Validation Workshop on Rangeland Management Strategy for IGAD Region Mombasa, Kenya; August 5-6, 2019

Introduction About 65% of the IGAD region landmass is Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs) characterized by low erratic rainfall with vast rangelands. The IGAD region suffers from the severe effects of climate variability and change. The recurring and severe droughts coupled by poor land management practices have caused widespread rangelands…

13 Aug 19

Launch of Harmonized/ synchronized transboundary animal disease vaccination for cross-border areas of Ethiopia-Kenya at Moyale Ethiopia and Kenya

The Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project is concomitantly under implementation in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. National RPLRP project supported the national veterinary department towards cross-border area disease surveillance and animal vaccination. As a result, Ethiopia and Kenya national RPLRP projects procured vaccines for TADs such as FMD & PPR in…

09 Jul 19

The Ministers signed the Multilateral Cross-border MOU to enhance animal disease control among Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda and finalized the Implementation Framework to operationalize the MOU ; Uganda 3-5th July, 2019

Introduction IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) with financial support from USAID and FAO/South Sudan EU cross border project organized a multilateral two days meeting between Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda technical teams in Entebbe, Uganda on 3-4th July, 2019 to develop an implementation framework to…

07 Jul 19

The 9th Annual Eastern Africa Regional Animal Health Network (EA-RAHN) meeting conducted to enhance trans-boundary animal disease control in the region; June 26-28, 2019 Kenya

IGAD /ICPALD in collaboration with FAO and AUIBAR organized the 9th Annual Eastern Africa Regional Animal Health Network (EA-RAHN) meeting. It comprises the Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs), Epidemiology (EAREN), Laboratory (EARLN) and Quarantine networks (EARQN) and funded jointly by FAO-ECTAD Unit for Eastern Africa, AU-IBAR and the IGAD Centre for…

01 Jul 19

7th Regional coordination meeting to enhance control and eradication of Peste des petits ruminantes (PPR),24-25 June, 2019 Kenya

Introduction Peste des petits ruminantes (PPR) and other key small ruminant diseases (SRDs) are among those considered trade-sensitive diseases in the IGAD Region. The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD), after having established the regional PPR control and eradication coordination committee (CECC), developed regional PPR strategies and…

17 Jun 19

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…

14 May 19

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…

30 Apr 19

Awareness creation conducted on IGAD model policy / legal framework on Animal Genetics Resources and a road map on its domestication agreed

Through an EU-funded project on “strengthening the capacity of African countries to conservation and sustainable utilization of African animal genetic resources (AnGRs) implemented by AU-IBAR, IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) was financed to develop a Regional Model Policy/Legal Framework for Conservation, Sustainable Utilization and Access and…

04 Apr 19

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…