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Regional Livestock Working Group Meeting:The status of Livestock insurance in the IGAD Region Reviewed, 26th February 2019, Nairobi,Kenya
Background Livestock production and livelihoods in the IGAD region are constrained by increased frequency of drought that has led to inadequate fodder and water and health issues and often resulted in loss of animals and livelihoods by the community. This calls for promotion of livestock insurance for pastoral communities to serve as one way to […]
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IGAD /ICPALD organized participation of private sector involved in livestock and meat export at GULF food fair 2018
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. The project has provisions to support private and public sectors from IGAD member states to […]
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Uganda-Kenya Cross-border Meeting: Harmonized Trans-Boundary Disease Surveillance and Vaccination in Karamoja Cluster 24-29 September 2017
The Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank is concomitantly under implementation in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. One of the operational activities of the national RPLRP project is supporting the national veterinary department towards cross-border area disease surveillance and animal vaccination. In order to maintain and realize the cross-border elements of […]
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Regional Validation Workshop on Public Resource Allocation and Private Sector Investment in Livestock in the IGAD Region, 25-26 July 2017 Mombasa, Kenya
IGAD/ICPALD organized a regional Validation Workshop on Public Resource Allocation and Private Sector Investment in Livestock in the IGAD Region from 25-26 July 2017 in Mombasa, Kenya. Welcome remarks were made by Dr. Solomon Munyua, Director of ICPALD. He welcomed the delegates, gave a brief history as to when IGAD ICPALD undertook the first initiative […]
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NEALCO/ESADA Twinning and Experience sharing training- 13- 14th July, 2017 in Naivasha, Kenya
Background North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) is a regional livestock association constituted by national livestock traders’ associations drawn from 13 countries, namely: Burundi, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The council was established with the support of SMP-AH project funded by USAID […]
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Bi-Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 13th – 24th July 2015
During the week in focus we had the following highlights amongst others: For any comments or suggestions on the articles featured in this newsletter kindly contact the specific media houses mentioned; Kenya: Why farming by remote control doesn’t work FAO:FAO commits regional efforts to control cross-border livestock diseases. South Sudan : 27 killed, dozens wounded in […]
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Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 13th- 17th April, 2015
During the week in focus we had the following highlights amongst others: For any comments or suggestions on the articles featured in this newsletter kindly contact the specific media houses mentioned; KENYA:Is your livestock down with disease? Worry about your health too UGANDA: Remove abattoirs from towns GLOBAL:Scanning Cattle Retinas Allows Faster BSE Detection KENYA: Tracking […]
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