Liberia, FAO sign US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production
The government of Liberia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production through...
IFAD and Senegal invest in decent jobs and incomes for poor and marginalized rural...
About 150,000 rural young people in Senegal – 50 per cent of them women - will benefit from a new US$93.3 million project that...
Livestock Tracking and Monitoring Solutions
Modern, intensive farms make the farmer totally responsible for all livestock under his control. Farming practices have move away from self-sustaining mixed livestock enterprises...
Drought-stricken Kenyan livestock farmers to receive US $2.88m
Drought-stricken Kenyan livestock farmers are set to receive US $2.88m from the government under the Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme (KLIP). As such, a cumulative total...
Zimbabwe Treasury allocates US $67.6m for livestock vaccines
The Zimbabwe Treasury has allocated a budget of $67.6m for the procurement of dip chemicals, vaccines and animal pest and disease surveillance to curb...
Zebras offer leads to control tsetse flies
Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African trypanosomosis disease, which is...
World Bank approves US $550m grant for Ethiopia’s Low lands Livelihood Resilience Project
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a total of US $550m for Ethiopia’s Low lands Livelihood Resilience Project. The grant will serve...
Kenya’s livestock turnover hits US $1.44Bn
Kenya’s livestock turnover has hit US $1.44Bn. The turnover, which is an increase from 2018’s US $1.34Bn, has been attributed to Kenyans' growing appetite...
Agritech Expo Zambia welcomes iDE Zambia in Chisamba in April
The main challenge faced by farmers in the agri sector is limited and sometimes lack of access to finance or financial products that will...
Buhera farmers lose 1 312 cattle to tick-borne diseases
Zimbabwe: Three dip tanks in Buhera have lost 1 312 cattle between January and February this year due to tick-borne diseases, the district veterinary...