Children are starving, cattle are dropping dead, crops are withered, lakes are empty, and still the rains haven’t come. Kenya is on the verge of a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. Read more … (Part one in a two part look at the crisis in Kenya. The next article will focus on how the drought is … Continue reading
Category Archives: East Africa
Africa / Agriculture / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / Middle East / Research / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Sudan / Trade
Constraints in the market chains for export of Sudanese sheep and sheep meat to the Middle East
This report by Omar Hassan el Dirani of Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Sudan, Mohammad A Jabbar, ILRI former staff and Babiker Idris Babiker, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Khartoum, on Constraints in the market chains for export of Sudanese sheep and sheep meat to the Middle East was released on 15 September, … Continue reading
Roche and Google.org start initiative for early discovery of new diseases
Roche and Google.org recently started a joint project to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a multidisciplinary surveillance, research and response system. This system will enhance the ability to predict and prevent emerging infectious diseases in East Africa. Roche has donated a Genome Sequencer FLX system as backbone of this project.“We are proud to work with … Continue reading
Africa / Dairying / East Africa / Ghana / ILRI / Markets / Research / Tanzania / West Africa
Market mechanisms and efficiency in urban dairy products markets in Ghana and Tanzania
Africa / Climate Change / Drought / East Africa / Tanzania
Government to buy cattle in drought-hit districts (Tanzania)
The Government will buy cattle from herders who are struggling to keep the animals alive in drought-hit areas, according to a senior Livestock Development and Fisheries ministry official. Read more … (The Citizen) Continue reading
Drought / East Africa / Food Security / ILRI / Kenya / Report
Why is it some households fall into poverty while others do not? Evidence from Kenya
This Discussion Paper by Nelson Mango, Patti Kristjanson, Maren Radeny, Abisalom Omolo and Michael Arunga of ILRI and Anirudh Krishna on Why is it some households fall into poverty at the same time others are escaping poverty? Evidence from Kenya was released on 11 August, 2009. It presents study carried out to evaluate how different … Continue reading
Roche and Google.org to test former’s technology in detecting new diseases in Africa
Roche and Google.org agreed to work together to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a multidisciplinary surveillance, research, and response system. The goal is for this system to enhance the ability to predict and prevent emerging infectious diseases in East Africa. Roche donated a Genome Sequencer FLX system, which will become the backbone of this project. … Continue reading
Roche donates 454 GS FLX for Google-sponsored disease-monitoring project in Africa
Roche said this week that it has donated a 454 Genome Sequencer FLX for a joint project with Google.org that aims to predict and prevent emerging viral diseases in East Africa. Late last year, Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, granted $5 million to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Icipe, and its … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Disease Control / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / RVF
Decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley Fever epizootics in the Greater Horn of Africa. Version I
This report by ILRI on Decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley Fever epizootics in the Greater Horn of Africa was released on 7 August, 2009. This publications presents study on decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley fever epizootics in the Greater Horn of Africa. The decision-support tool consists of … Continue reading
Masai Mara—a beauty in jeopardy
Famed the world over for its spectacular and breathtaking site of the migration of tens of thousands of wildebeests, the Maasai Mara’s impressive and unmatched reputation is fading fast. Maasai Mara National Reserve is losing animal species at a rate that is having scientists concerned, a new study now shows. Published in the May issue … Continue reading
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