Author Archives: Brian Kawuma

Africa / ASSP / CGIAR / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Partnership / Pigs / PIL / Uganda / Value Chains

Partnerships pay off for Uganda value chain project

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The value chain work of the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Research Program relies on partnerships – with governments, national research, civil society and the private sector – to achieve its aims. In its Uganda smallholder value chain, the Program could not have achieved most of its objectives without the support that partnerships offer. This has been in the form of technical and financial support, human resources, infrastructure and knowledge sharing. Continue reading →

Africa / Agri-Health / Animal Health / ASSP / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / Research / Uganda / Value Chains

The occurrence of bacterial and viral pathogens in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda

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This week’s Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine featured a presentation on the occurrence of selected bacterial and viral pathogens in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda Continue reading →

Africa / Agri-Health / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / ASF / ASSP / East Africa / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / PIL / Uganda / Value Chains

Value chain actors’ practices associated with the spread of African swine fever disease in smallholder pig systems in Uganda

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This week’s Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine featured a presentation on Value chain actors’ practices associated with the spread of African swine fever disease in smallholder pig systems in Uganda Continue reading →

Africa / CGIAR / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Uganda / Value Chains

Livestock and Fish research contributes to Livestock Development Strategy for Africa

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Earlier this month, on 14 Jun 2016, staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) helped organize a side event during the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week on ‘How research is contributing to Livestock Development Strategy for Africa (LiDESA)’. Continue reading →

ASSP / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / PIL / Uganda / Value Chains

Irish Aid delegation tours Livestock and Fish smallholder pig value chain project sites in Uganda

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On 26 April 2o16, the Uganda smallholder pig value chains project hosted a delegation from the Irish Embassy in Uganda. Led by Frank Kirwan, the embassy’s Head of Cooperation and Daniel Muwolobi, Senior Governance Advisor, the delegation sought to assess the outcomes of the interventions of the MorePORK project, funded by Irish Aid under its Economic Opportunities cluster. Continue reading →

Africa / AHH / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / ASF / Capacity Development / Capacity Strengthening / East Africa / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / PIL / Uganda / Value Chains

Uganda pig farmers trained in biosecurity measures to control African swine fever

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Smallholder pig farmers were recently trained in biosecurity measures to control African swine fever as part of a wider effort to control spread of the disease in Uganda. Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Products / Capacity Development / Capacity Strengthening / East Africa / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / PIL / Uganda / Value Chains

Uganda butchers trained through partnership with Veterinarians Without Borders–US

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ILRI Uganda recently partnered with Veterinarians without Borders, Mukono Local Government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) to train pork butchers in Mukono District on pork hygiene, carcass handling and biosecurity practices. Continue reading →