Tanzania Launches a Livestock Modernization Initiative (2015/16-2020/21) In July 2015, the President of Tanzania H.E. Jakaya Kikwete launched the Tanzania Livestock Modernization Initiative under the Ministry of Livestoc... 19/10/2015
Pilot Index based Insurance leverages Livestock Insurance Program from the Government of Kenya Fortunes for especially pastoralists in Kenya (and Ethiopia) are slowly changing with implementation of the Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)... 19/10/2015
Rwanda Livestock Industry Receives a Major Boost through establishment of a 4,500Ha Cattle and Goats Estate in Bugesera District, Eastern Province The Government of Rwanda (GoR) has forged a public-private partnership to put up a livestock estate on a 4,500 ha of land in Eastern province. The... 19/10/2015
Pioneer Merger of Dairy Processors in Kenya and Uganda Mergers and acquisition of big livestock products processors is a rare occurrence in East Africa much less, one that transcends national boundaries... 19/10/2015
On-going work by Heifer International on improving small-scale dairy in Tanzania receives a boost from Starbucks International Ongoing work of Heifer International in partnership with ILRI under the “MaziwaZaidi” Project in some parts of Tanzania has motivated a US$ 750,000... 19/10/2015
Kenya Finally has a Veterinary Policy in Place The National Veterinary Policy of Kenya has been published and is expected to provide an enabling environment for safeguarding animal life, health... 19/10/2015
Irish Aid supports efforts of imporving dairy value chain in Tanzania Strengthening existing informal milk production and marketing systems in Tanzania is at the heart of a project dabbed “Maziwa Zaidi” that is as a r... 18/10/2015
The dairy sub-sector continues to dominate Investments in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda It is no doubt that the dairy sub-sector holds a transformative promise to farmers in East Africa given the historical and ongoing donor-driven ini... 18/10/2015
Addressing challenges in marketing of milk is key to adoption of dairy hubs in Tanzania Findings of a study conducted to determine factors that would affect adoption of the dairy hub model by value chain actors in Tanzania revealed tha... 18/10/2015
Private Sector Investment in Feeds seen as a ‘Game Changer’ in Revitalizing Livestock Industry in the EAC Increasing calls by governments for private-sector investments appear to be shaping the landscape of the livestock sector in EAC perhaps as a recog... 18/10/2015