Agriculture Policing Kick starts in Uganda The need to stamp out agricultural (including livestock) malpractices has necessitated creation of a special Agriculture Unit within the Ugandan Po... 19/10/2015
To Eat or Not to Eat? The debate revolving around the beast of burden in Kenya Donkey meat has recently found its way on to tables of some households in Kenya amidst a contest between campaigners of ‘enlarged food basket’ on o... 19/10/2015
Perpetual Cattle Rustling in Northern Region of Kenya rears its ugly head Again It’s quite unfortunate that livestock resources on which the community of Northern Kenya regarded as their ‘four-legged gold’ should turn into the... 19/10/2015
The Impact of Political Strife to Livestock Keepers in Burundi Political strife has a direct negative impact on the productive sectors of economies globally and results in an average of 12.5% drop in agricultur... 19/10/2015
Constraints of Commercialization of Dairy Sector in Tanzania The small-scale nature of milk actors in the dairy value chain from production to trading has been poised as a bottleneck that is curtailing full c... 19/10/2015
How do farming communities understand “Resource Ownership and what is the implication on food security? Case of Tanzania A new study conducted to understand perceptions of ‘resource ownership’ and how this affects food security among smallholder livestock keepers in T... 19/10/2015
‘Business as Unusual’: a Participatory Approach in Foliage Data Collection in Tanzania Conventionally, in agricultural research projects, other stakeholders such as farmers and extension officers are usually passive participants only... 19/10/2015
Factors affecting Pregnancy Rate in cattle through Artificial Insemination in Small Scale Dairy Farms in Rwanda? Age, parity and cattle breed are intrinsic factor that determine the rate of pregnancy in cattle through AI. In addition, level of education, recor... 19/10/2015
Inadequate security of Land Tenure continues to perpetuate conflicts between Farmers and Herders in Tanzania It has emerged that policy deficiencies and contradictions, insecurity of land tenure, inadequacy of capacity of community based institutions, corr... 18/10/2015
Calls for Use of Animal Feeds to Increase Livestock Production in Rwanda It is noteworthy that there is renewed appreciation by industry players of the benefits of using commercial feeds in livestock production against t... 15/10/2015