Category Archives: Countries

Animal Diseases / Animal Production / Animal Products / Asia / Markets / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Pig disease drives Vietnamese farmers, firms to the wall

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Large numbers of farmers and enterprises are now on the edge of bankruptcy as blue-ear pig disease ravages 15 cities and provinces across the country, a senior livestock breeding expert said yesterday. “A considerable number of consumers have turned their backs on pork, including ‘clean products”, said deputy director of the Livestock Breeding Department Nguyen … 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

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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 →

Africa / Animal Production / Animal Products / Cattle / Dairying / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Livestock Systems / Markets

Cattle milk and meat production and marketing systems and opportunities for market-orientation in Fogera woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia

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This working paper by Belete Anteneh, Azage Tegegne, Fekadu Beyene and Berhanu Gebremedhin on Cattle milk and meat production and marketing systems and opportunities for market-orientation in Fogera woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia was released on 26 May, 2010 This study was conducted in Fogera woreda, South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State in … Continue reading →

ILRI / Kenya

ILRI tender: Supply of engineering and facilities goods and services for ILRI Kenya (closed 18 June 2010)

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SUPPLY OF ENGINEERING AND FACILITIES GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ILRI KENYA International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) located on Old Naivasha Road is conducting a pre-qualification/registration exercise of suppliers of Engineering goods and services. ILRI purchases substantial quantities of Engineering goods and services on an annual basis. Prospective suppliers are invited to … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Biotechnology / CGIAR / Climate Change / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Ghana / ILRI / Malawi / RVF / Senegal / Trypanosomiasis / Zoonotic Diseases

ILRI to build climate model to predict disease outbreaks

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has received a $4.4 million award for research to build a climate model that can predict outbreaks of infectious disease in Africa. ILRI will work with 11 partners and researchers to integrate data from climate modeling and disease … Continue reading →

Animal Production / Asia / Cattle / ILRI / Livestock / Philippines / Southeast Asia

Demand for goat products draws Filipino farmers into goat farming

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Farmers in Sorsogon province (the Philippines) have recognized goat raising as environment friendly and profitable farming venture. Goats are very popular among Filipinos because they require low initial capital investment, fit the small hold farm conditions, and multiply fast,” PCARRD explained in its investment briefer. “Culturally, goats are integral to every special occasion such as … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Research

Results-based monitoring and evaluation for organizations working in agricultural development: a guide for practitioners

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This manual by Berhanu Gebremedhin, Abraham Getachew and Rebeka Amha on Results-based monitoring and evaluation for organizations working in agricultural development: a guide for practitioners was released on 12 May, 2010 The purpose of this guide for practitioners is to contribute to the development of RBM&E capacity and to facilitate its institutionalization in organizations dealing … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Feeding / Animal Production / Burkina Faso / Drought / Livestock / West Africa

Burkina Faso: Feed the cows

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Erratic rains last year in Burkina, where animal husbandry is the main livelihood in many regions, resulted in widespread shortages of water and pasture. Aid workers and breeders say the poor condition of local livestock – animals that have not already migrated in search of pasture – is hitting families’ food security. The livestock families … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Feeding / Animal Production / Dairying / East Africa / Fodder / Forages / ILRI / Kenya

Napier grass diseases a threat to Kenya’s dairy sector

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Kenya’s dairy industry is facing a major threat due to the outbreak of stunt and smut diseases affecting napier grass in Central and Western provinces. The dairy industry is the largest in East Africa producing annually about 85 to 90 million litres of milk equivalent per capita based primarily on well established market oriented smallholder … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Disease Control / Livestock / Nigeria / West Africa

Physicians, veterinarians must close ranks to fight diseases affecting public health

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A medical consultant at the Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Dr. Olupelumi Adebiyi, has solicited for more cooperation between physicians and veterinarians in the country in order to tackle the spread of diseases effectively, espcially zoonotic diseases.He made this demand in Ibadan when delivering a lecturer titled” “One world, One Health: Moore cooperation … Continue reading →