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Africa / Animal Diseases / Disease Control / East Africa / ECF / Tanzania / Vaccines
East Coast fever vaccine registered in Tanzania
In May, an East Coast fever (ECF) vaccine was registered by GALVmed in Tanzania. ECF is a tick transmitted disease which kills a million cattle every year and devastates the livelihood of those who depend on livestock for survival. Registration of the ECF vaccine is central to safety and efficacy and to securing the sustainability … Continue reading
Ten fodder fact sheets for Ethiopia
The IFAD-funded ‘fodder adoption project’ at ILRI recently produced a series of fact sheets for major fodder plants in Ethiopia. These are available in English, Oromiffa and Amharic. Read more … (Fodder Adoption news) Continue reading
Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Climate Change / Disease Control / East Africa / Environment / Kenya
SEI Africa takes part in three million Euro EU project in eastern Africa
“The project will focus on building a disease risk mapping system for three water-related high-impact vector-borne diseases (malaria, Rift Valley fever and schistosomiasis) in Africa, accounting for environmental/climatic trends to predict future risk.” The newly established SEI Africa Centre has been successful in taking part in a bid led by Trinity College Dublin for a … Continue reading
Chemical made from urine to protect cattle from Tsetse flies
Scientists have developed a chemical for controlling tsetse flies using cattle urine. The invention by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology will soon be available to East African livestock keepers, who are among the worst affected by the parasite, under an $18 million project. Read more … (East Africa / AllAfrica.com) Continue reading
Rangeland management must listen to locals
South Africa must build bottom-up needs-based policies for communal livestock grazing. ‘Nothing about us without us!’ It’s a popular slogan in development work and one that agricultural policymakers should embrace to ensure their decisions address rural communities’ needs. Recent experience with communal cattle keeping in South Africa is again providing valuable lessons on why and … Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / Ethiopia / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Markets / Women
Opportunities for promoting gender equality in rural Ethiopia through the commercialization of agriculture
This working paper by Lemlem Aregu, Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Ranjitha Puskur and Ephrem Tesema on Opportunities for promoting gender equality in rural Ethiopia through the commercialization of agriculture was released on 31 May, 2010 This paper discusses gender issues in the context of the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) of Ethiopian Farmers’ Project being implemented … Continue reading
Animal Products / Asia / Livestock / Malaysia / Markets / Southeast Asia
To attain self-sufficiency in meat, Malaysia needs to rein in the cost
The creation of many more “beef valleys” nationwide can be seen as the right step toward attaining self-sufficiency for meat. However, while waiting for the beef valley projects to fully take off, Malaysia’s self-sufficiency for both beef and mutton meat are still alarmingly low, at about 25% and 10% respectively. Read more … (The Star) Continue reading
Africa / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / East Africa / ECF / Livestock / Tanzania / Vaccines
Keeping the Maasai farmers alive when the pop stars have all gone
The Edinburgh-based charity GALVmed has brought hope to Maasai communities in Tanzania hit by East Coast fever, a livestock disease that kills 19 out of 20 calves It is a little after dawn in the Masai district of Engarenaibor in northwestern Tanzania. Amid a pre-historic landscape of rolling grassland and acacia trees, Paolo Lemorongo, a … Continue reading
Countdown to rinderpest eradication: a role model or a lucky break?
Professor Brian Perry reports from his base in the Rift Valley of Kenya. Read more (Dick Vet News) Continue reading
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