A fascinating discussion by David Leonard and colleagues on patronage issues for the rural poor appears in the May 2010 issue of Development and Change. The authors ask: Is political patronage still relevant to policymaking for the rural poor, and especially livestock producers, in today’s developing world? ‘In this article, we argue that the nature of patronage … Continue reading
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Improved disease prevention in animal health could save billions of dollars
According to FAO, Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health. Many other animal diseases have a negative impact on people’s livelihoods. Pandemic influenza viruses H5N1 and H1N1, foot-and-mouth disease, Rift Valley fever, and rabies are … Continue reading
Namibia prevented spread of Rift Valley fever, saved lives
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf yesterday commended Namibia for acting swiftly and effectively to halt the spread of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the country during recent outbreaks. Speaking at a meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry in Windhoek, Diouf praised the Namibian institutions involved. “Their alertness and prompt reaction prevented outbreaks of … Continue reading
Livestock market access and poverty reduction in Africa
This is report is one of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Read full paper (FAO) Continue reading
Good practices for producing safe animal feed
Livestock production is growing fastest in the developing world, particularly in Asia and Latin America. Increased output has been achieved mainly through the intensification of production systems and through a shift towards poultry and pigs with much slower expansion of beef production; dairying too has increased in both scale and intensification. The industrialisation of livestock … Continue reading
Future directions for FAO’s work in the livestock sector
This week’s meeting of the FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) includes a discussion on the livestock sector, and its overall ‘governance.’ The background paper for COAG argues that “the livestock sector plays a crucial role in the provision of global public goods and services. There are opportunities to alleviate many of the risks associated with … Continue reading
Africa / CGIAR / Climate Change / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya
World scientists meet again over climate change in Kenya
Climate change in Africa and the world at large has impacted on many fronts resulting in drought and floods hence resulting in food shortage. Consequently, poverty levels have increased leading to low development among many developing nations. It is against this backdrop that leading agriculture and climate scientists, policymakers, farmers, and development experts from around … Continue reading
Despite many successes, avian influenza still threatens
FAO calls for sustained action on H5N1 and emerging infections 16 April 2010, Rome – Although concerted international action has successfully eliminated the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus from poultry in almost all the 63 countries it infected at the peak of the world outbreak in 2006, it persists in five nations and thus poses … Continue reading
Regional workshop on sustainable management of animal genetic resources in Central and West Africa
FAO, in collaboration with the regional project on sustainable management of endemic ruminant livestock (PROGEBE), organized on 22–25 March 2010, in Dakar, Senegal, a regional workshop on sustainable management of animal genetic resources in West and Central Africa. The workshop was preceded by an electronic forum hosted by DAD-Net West Africa, which took place between … Continue reading
Asia / Bird flu / Disease Control / Livestock / Southeast Asia / Trade / Zoonotic Diseases
FAO studies cross-border trade of poultry commodities to improve risk management of avian influenza in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) includes Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and the southern provinces of China. In the GMS, the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in early 2003 and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) from 2004 to 2010 has marked this region as a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases. Animal … Continue reading
ILRI Clippings 