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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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