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09 Nov 20

The 10th Annual Eastern Africa Regional Animal Health Network (EA-RAHN) virtual meeting – Enhancing trans-boundary animal disease control in the region. October 26-27, 2020

ICPALD organized the 10th Annual Eastern Africa Regional Animal Health Network (EA-RAHN) virtual meeting in collaboration with FAO, AUIBAR and OIE. It was held from October 26-27;2020 and financed by FAO/SFE. Animal health surveillance, risk assessment and early warning of potential disease outbreaks all rely on timely information sharing among…

10 Feb 20

The 4th Inter-Regional Meeting of IGAD Exporting and MENA Importing Countries to review collaboration status for Enhanced Livestock Trade conducted 5-6 February 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Introduction IGAD region exports only 50% and less than 10% of live animals and meat respectively to huge Middle East and North African (MENA) countries’ annual demand, an indication of a big potential to exploit if appropriate enhancement measures are taken. IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD)…

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…

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…

08 Mar 19

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…

10 Sep 18

Promotion Meeting for South Sudan NEALCO national chapter to enhance partnership and coordination on livestock production and marketing – 6th September, 2018 in Juba, South Sudan

A one-day promotion meeting was held on 6th September, 2018 in Juba, South Sudan to strengthen South Sudan North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) national chapter in areas of partnership and coordination on livestock production and trade. The chapter was established in March, 2017 with the support of ICPALD and…

06 Sep 18

New initiative to boost smallholders’ climate resilience in the Horn of Africa

5 September 2018, Kigali – The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have launched a new project that aims to buttress the capacities of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to adapt and be more resilient to the weather variability and…

02 Jul 18

ICPALD’s Assessment of Alternative Markets in Ghana to enhance inter-African livestock trade ,13th -15th June 2018, Accra, Ghana

IGAD Centre for pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) in partnership with FAO, with financial support from Italian International 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”. One of…