Animal genetic resources workshop: Uniting Africa in preserving our future

Posted on 30 Nov 2013 by Liya Dejene • Leave a comment

A workshop on Animal Genetic Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa was recently held in Gaborone, as an ILRI-SLU capacity building Project in collaboration with the FAO, AU/IBAR and Team Africa. The workshop ran from 26 to 29 November 2013 with the main objectives of catalyzing and enhancing regional collaboration in order to improve training in animal breeding and genetics for sustainable use of Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR), plan and undertake research for development in prioritized areas of AnGR and improve capacity development including outreach activities in the relevant areas among others. Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Production / Dairying / Livestock / Namibia / Southern Africa

SADC short of meat, dairy products

Posted on 15 Aug 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Though southern African countries under SADC have made progress in livestock production over the past decade, they remain a net importer of meat, milk and eggs. “SADC remains a net importer of these products, which means we still have to do a lot more and there is potential for us to even meet the regional … Continue reading →

Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Livestock / Research / Southern Africa

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in southern Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 23 Dec 2009 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Sikhalazo Dube on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in southern Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 22 December, 2009. One of the five objectives of ILRI‘s Capacity Strengthening Strategy is to facilitate building sustainable capacity of institutes to build capacity. This could only be achieved … Continue reading →