Africa / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / ASSP / Capacity Development / Capacity Strengthening / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Mali / Value Chains / West Africa

New community animal health platforms to guide participatory improvement of livestock in four regions of Mali

Four community animal health platforms (CAHPs) have been formed to harness collective action in addressing animal health and livestock value constraints in four regions of Mali. Continue reading

Africa / agriculture / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Innovation Systems / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Partnership / PIL / Project / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Local government authorities in Tanzania commit to support continued growth of producer groups created by the MoreMilkiT Project

On 14-18 November 2016, the MoreMilkiT project officially handed over producer group development plans, group profiles and results from a recently concluded producer organizations sustainability assessment, to the local government authorities in the project areas Continue reading

Animal Products / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Dairy platform tackles sector problems in Tanzania’s Tanga region

The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Continue reading

Africa / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / PIL / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Empowering Tanzania milk traders to transform their businesses

The Tanzania-based MoreMilkiT project has started working with milk traders in Morogoro and Tanga to set up dairy market hubs that will be used to pilot approaches to increase milk production and marketing. Continue reading

Africa / Animal Feeding / ASSP / Capacity Strengthening / Cattle / Dairying / Feeds / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Reviews highlight successes and challenges of Tanzania dairy innovation platforms

Recent reviews of capacity building training of dairy innovation platforms in Tanga and Morogoro in Tanzania highlights key opportunities and challenges in efforts to improve dairy production in the country. Continue reading

Animal Feeding / Aquaculture / Asia / CGIAR / Feeds / Fish / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Project / Research / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam / WorldFish

New feed technology to offer more nutritious and sustainable aquaculture in Vietnam

The “Nutritious-system pond farming in Vietnam” project of WorldFish and Wageningen UR aims to increase the contribution of naturally occurring food in the diets of farmed fish and shrimp. Continue reading