ICPALD News

ADDIS ABABA, 18 July 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) today signed the animal disease information sharing protocol for Karamoja cluster which covers Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) of the four countries signed the protocol at the ICPALD convened…

The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) hosted two meetings for IGAD exporting and (Middle East and North Africa) MENA importing countries on July 8-9, 2024, for the private sector and regulatory bodies respectively, at the Best Western Premier Garden Hotel Entebbe. With financial support from FAO/SFE,…

ADDIS ABABA, 18 July 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) today signed the animal disease information sharing protocol for Karamoja cluster which covers Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) of the four countries signed the protocol at the ICPALD convened…

Nairobi, 27 May 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development hosted a Horn of Africa Regional Knowledge Share Fair, an event that was dedicated to disseminating results of resilience programming, focusing on IGAD’s Karamoja, Moyale and Mandera clusters in the cross-border areas of Uganda, Ethiopia and…

Nairobi, 19 June 2024 – The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) launched the livestock marketing App, linked to the IGAD Livestock Marketing Information System (ILMIS). The event convened livestock value chain stakeholders from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, for a two-day meeting on 18-19 June 2024, in…

Nairobi, 6 June 2024 – A significant milestone was achieved today in Nairobi as the Republic of Kenya officially signed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Protocol on Transhumance. This made Kenya the fifth IGAD country to adopt the Protocol. H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the…

May 14, 2024 (NAIROBI, Kenya) ICPALD funded by the government of Sweden, Ethiopia Embassy – under the Sustainable Ecosystem Management (SEM) project, held a two-day regional meeting on gender inclusive regional drylands forum to identify research priorities for co-creation. The two days’ meeting held in Nairobi on May 13-14, 2024…

Nairobi, 6 June 2024 – A significant milestone was achieved today in Nairobi as the Republic of Kenya officially signed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Protocol on Transhumance. This made Kenya the fifth IGAD country to adopt the Protocol. H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the Cabinet…

March 13, 2024 (MACHAKOS, Kenya) The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, with the financial support of the European Union, held a two-day Kenya policy makers meeting on the signing, ratification and domestication of the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance. In physical attendance were 35 national stakeholders from the…

February 22, 2024 (RAJAF, South Sudan) The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, with the financial support of the European Union, held a three-day national legal and policy dialogue on transhumance. In physical attendance were a total of 30 national stakeholders drawn from relevant South Sudan line ministries…