Botswana to cull cattle to fight disease outbreak
The government of Botswana has announced plans to mull more than 10,000 cattle in a bid to fight an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.Assistant Minister...
East Africa records uneven June/Sept seasonal rains
The East African region recorded an uneven start to the June to September seasonal rains resulting in poor resources in the rangeland and agro-pastoral...
Over 5 000ha of farmland affected, 2 150 heads of livestock lost as heavy...
Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of the States (16 out of 18) of Sudan with 16 out of 18 in a distressed state...
Australia bans personal meat products from FMD countries
Australia has issued a ban on personal meat products from Foot and Mouth Disease prone countries. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Murray Watt...
Meat Board of Namibia seeks sheep marketing scheme abolished
The Meat Board of Namibia is seeking the agriculture ministry to abolish the sheep marketing scheme as it failed to meet its primary objective.The...
icipe discovers trypanosome biomarkers and develops an inclusive diagnostic innovation for African animal trypanosomosis
Every year in Africa, three million cattle succumb to African animal trypanosomosis, a debilitating disease of livestock that is caused by trypanosome parasites, which...
Namibia suspends livestock imports from Botswana
The government of Namibia has imposed a ban on livestock and other related meat products importation from Botswana. Namibia's agriculture ministry announced the suspension...
SA resumes wool exports to China
South Africa has resumed wool exports to China following its suspension in April after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth in the southern Africa country.South Africa produces...
Zambia to insure 30,000 livestock
By: Jeff KapembwaA Four-year comprehensive insurance cover has been launched in Zambia to protect initial 30,000 smallholder livestock farmers from the impact of drought,...
Zimbabwe varsity ventures into commercial production of animal vitamin block
Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe has embarked on a commercial animal vitamin block production aimed at supplementing animal feed...