ICPALD News

Introduction IGAD region is rich in livestock resources. It exports about 50% and less than 10% of live animals and meat respectively to Middle East and North African (MENA) countries’ annual demand. This shows there is a big potential to increase market share if appropriate measures are taken. One of…

Introduction The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was launched in 2018 and ratified in Niger in July 2019. The Agreement promises to create a US$ 2.5 trillion market by removing trade barriers and enabling the movement of Africans across borders. The Agreement provides Sudan with an opportunity to pursue…

Background IGAD region is home to about 21 million camels (60% of the world population) which dwell in arid and semi-arid land (ASALs). The camel is drought resilient and expanding to new frontiers as introduced by pastoralists to counter recurrent droughts. The demand for live camels, its meat and milk…

Several OIE listed transboundary animal diseases (TADs) or diseases that easily spread from one country to another continue to spread within the IGAD region threatening the economic, trade and/or food security of the Member States. These diseases can reach epizootic proportions and their control/management requires cooperation between several countries. Hence,…

Several OIE listed transboundary animal diseases (TADs) or diseases that easily spread from one country to another continue to spread within the IGAD region threatening the economic, trade and/or food security of the Member States. These diseases can reach epizootic proportions and their control/management requires cooperation between several countries. Hence,…

Trypanosomiasis is a disease complex that poses a major constraint to sustainable agriculture in tsetse fly infested cross-border areas of the IGAD region. The disease persists in most countries of IGAD region, regardless of the efforts made by African Union Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication and Control (PATTEC) and countries…

In the IGAD region, countries such as Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti and Uganda recognize the services of CAHW particularly in pastoralist setting, where we do not have adequate professionals, while Kenya operates through community disease reporters (CDR)/ para-veterinarian with more elaborate training. Several localized studies on CAHW’s participation…

Introduction The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was launched in 2018 and ratified in Niger in July 2019. The Agreement promises to create a US$ 2.5 trillion market by removing trade barriers and enabling the movement of Africans across borders. Ethiopia is among the 39 African countries that had…

IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) facilitated signing of bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia/Kenya in order to formally coordinate disease control on border areas. To operationalize the signed MoU, ICPALD coordinated the launch of synchronized/harmonized vaccination in August, 2019 at Moyale that saw vaccination of…

Establishment of livestock feed security system in Kenya included the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF) as well as other stakeholders in the feed resource sector – private sector, farmers and (agro) pastoralist groups/cooperatives and development partners, as well as research and licensing organizations. Various tools, including Animal Feed…