COMESA moves to deal with effects of Aflatoxin COMESA is spearheading the development a framework that will help its member States reduce costs associated with multiple testing for Aflatoxin co... 11/05/2015
Livestock and dairy value chain/Nigeria, Namibia and Rwanda – Outbreak of cattle diseases Livestock is a source of nutrients from meat and dairy and contributes significantly to livelihoods, directly supporting smallholder farmers and c... 17/03/2015
Livestock value chain/Gambia – Agro-vet committed to animal welfare and health to boost production Commercial livestock farmers and small livestock farmers need to ensure proper and timely treatment against livestock diseases to enhance quality a... 17/03/2015
Meat value chain/Namibia - More cattle have tested positive of foot and mouth disease, the first cases in the country for six years. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), there are seven positive cases of Foot and Mouth disease in the far North East of the... 10/03/2015
Informal markets ‘require support to aid food safety’ Informal markets provide 85-95 per cent of animal food products eaten in Africa. 10/03/2015
Will Ugandan farmers get to plant GM banana? Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are a hotly contested subject. 10/03/2015
More tuna eating needed for public health in Pacific In the ongoing battle against obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the Pacific region 10/03/2015
COMESA supports SMEs in local hotel food supply The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [Comesa] Business Council is implementing a food safety programme that will enable small and medi... 28/01/2015
Financing EU food and feed controls: Recent developments and implications for the ACP IntroductionThe OECD, in its publication ‘Non-tariff measures in agri-food trade: Improving policy coherence for development’ of January 2013, has... 17/01/2015
Increased interceptions of ‘harmful organisms’ overhang some ACP horticultural exports to the EU In mid July 2014, the EC sent a warning letter to the national plant protection organisations (NPPOs) in eight countries, warning that “strict acti... 28/09/2014