Free Health clinics for livestock producers in Kilifi County, Kenya launched livestock, Kenya, Kilifi County, disease A public-private initiative is benefiting livestock farmers in Kilifi County in Kenya by providing a free health clinics where more than 35,000 liv... 28/03/2016
Bringing Livestock services closer to Pastoralists in ASALs of Kenya changing their lives Livestock keepers in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya such as Isiolo are faced with perennial loss of their animals due to drought that ca... 27/01/2016
Rwanda institutes a legal mechanism towards regulation of dairy industry to boost its growth The Government of Rwanda is showing commitment to develop the dairy sub-sector in the country by instituting a legislative instrument to regulate t... 25/03/2016
Adopt Modern Technology to increase honey production and get new markets:” Beef Farmers in Uganda Urged Recent market trends for honey in Uganda have sent positive signals for a growth trajectory of the sub-sector that is very good news to the industr... 24/01/2016
An ICT solution for traceability of cattle in Tanzania A public initiative to establish an electronic system to keep cattle records is set to transform the livestock subsector in Tanzania. According to... 27/01/2016
Dairy value chain/Kenya - Farm sets up lab to offer cheaper and better embryo The search for improved breeds that offer optimum milk quantities by farmers in East Africa could soon be over after a local organisation launched... 17/01/2016
Maize value chain/East-Southern Africa – COMESA launches Road Map to boost regional maize trade The maize trade in Eastern and Southern Africa is set to rise following a roadmap to address bottlenecks caused by differences in standards and reg... 17/01/2016
Rice value chain/Ghana – CRIG develops a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety The Crop Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) in Ashanti Region has developed a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety called AgraRice,... 17/01/2016
Roots and Tuber value chain/Uganda - Project to set Common Potato Seed Systems for Rwanda and Uganda The project “African roots and tubers: Strengthening linkages between small actors and buyers”, was announced during a three-day sub-regional works... 17/01/2016
Input value chain/ East-Southern Africa - ACTESA and AFAP collaborate for a joint fertilizer program The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) in collaboration with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership... 17/01/2016