- Dr Ahmed Mohamed Hashi will visit Djibout, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda starting July 16 to review the effectiveness of the policy hubs in delivering pro-poor policies and make recommendations on how best these machineries can work in the coming years
He explained the importance of the agreed “Regional Policy Framework on Animal Health in the Context of Trade and Vulnerability” to the IGAD Region
LASTEST PROJECT PUBLICATION
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6-month Summary Report for the Period ending June 2010
---------------------------- Améliorer la Prestation des Services de Santé animale dans les Pays en Développement Un examen de la literature
---------------------------- L’Elevage dans le Développement centré sur la Pauvreté
---------------------------- Report on the Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of IGAD’s Livestock Policy Initiative
Policy Forums in the Sudan and Djibouti begin to discuss feasible livestock projects
The Sudanese Livestock Policy Forum was held on the 28th and 29th July 2010 in Khartoum, the Sudan. The members of the forum discussed viable projects submitted from different states of the Sudan, with the aim of augmenting the profile of livestock in the Sudanese country poverty eradication strategy paper. Opening the two day session, the State Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries underscored the need to focus on the significant roles the livestock sector is playing to alleviate poverty and food security in the Sudan and across the IGAD region. [read more...]
Livestock experts reviewed techniques for control of Tsetse Fly
A two day workshop on control of Tsetse fly and Trypanosomiasis (T&T) was held in Nairobi to discuss a study on T&T in the IGAD region. The study showed how geographic information systems (GIS) could be applied to identify areas of high benefit for T+T control, informing policy decisions. [read more...]
The importance of livestock information sharing discussed at Kenyan Statistics Bureau
An IGAD LPI meeting with officials and experts from the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics focuses on the importance of employing and sharing evidence-based data and information to enhance the profile of livestock at the national budgetary systems. [read more...]
Discussions held with the Kenyan permanent secretary on building IGAD LPI institutions in government structures
IGAD LPI team met H.E. Kenneth M. Lusaka, the Permanent Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Livestock Development, on July 8th, 2010 and discussed ways through which the Policy Forum and the Information Node, which were created by the Project, could be fully and sustainably integrated within government structures. [read more...]