The African Union team for the Resilient African Feed and Fodder Project ( RAFF) pays a courtesy call to the Permanent Secretary MinofLands,Agric,Fisheries,Water&Rural Development, Professor dr. Obert Jiri Obert Jiri, in Harare today.

1⃣ 🇿🇼Zimbabwe becomes the 5th country to launch a Multistakeholder Platform for the feed and fodder sector.

2⃣The current impact of El Niño has significant implications for livestock farmers and those involved in the feed sector.

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The outcomes of the recent Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on #Libya 's #BlueEconomy are promising!

One recommendation: prioritize waste management to safeguard Libya's coastal waters.

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Call for submissions! AU-IBAR seeks abstracts for the Special Issue on Resilient African Feed & Fodder Systems in the Bulletin of Animal Health & Production in Africa (BAHPA). Scholars & practitioners, share your insights!
Details: shorturl.at/s1vYV #FeedSystems #Resilience

The Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS) Project workshop officially opened by the Deputy Minister Hon
Davis Marapira at Golden Conifer in Harare today. It is running under the theme: Set up of country-specific feed and fodder Multi-Stakeholder Platform in Zim.

⏩A meeting to discuss the development of a Multistakeholder Platform (MSP) is underway in Zimbabwe🇿🇼

⏩The livestock sector has been identified as an important element of the Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy in the country.

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⏩Resolving herder-farmer conflicts, increasing trading capacity, creating jobs (particularly for women and youth),and increasing the affordability of livestock-based food were discussed during the launch of #MSP in #Nigeria 🇳🇬

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🐝 Happy #WorldBeeDay ! 🐝

This year's theme, 'Bee Engaged with Youth” highlights the crucial role of young people in bee conservation. Let's empower & educate the next generation to protect our buzzing friends & ensure a sustainable future.

Together, we can make a difference!

✅The Minister of State (HMS) for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi officially launched Nigeria's MSP.

✅The MSP is a strategic move that aligns with the government’s commitment to sustainable national food security.

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The fight against Bush Slaughter is about your HEALTH. Just IMAGINE if all the Donkey carcasses had Anthrax Pathogens, how many people would be hospitalised by now! How many would have succumbed!

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📢Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi,Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, officially launched the MSP in Nigeria.

☑️The platform brings together stakeholders in the feed and fodder sector and aligns with 🇳🇬 national food security strategy.

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AU-IBAR & AU-PANVAC held a meeting to build sustainable mechanisms for tackling #AnimalHealth across AU Member States. Strategies to enhance animal health & address key livestock diseases were discussed - taking our efforts from strength to strength. More: shorturl.at/1cyXy

Earlier this week, reaching out to @woah_africa Delegates, with our partners from AU-IBAR : rr-africa.woah.org/en/trainings/p…

.Food and Agriculture Organization supported training and workshop in Burkina Faso to promote the progressive control of #tsetse flies and animal #trypanosomosis within the European Commission funded #COMBATproject

👉FAO & Trypanosomosis: fao.org/paat
👉Project COMBAT: combat-project.eu

Updating the CVOs on Key animal health ans welfare, and One Health at the 16th Pan African CVO meeting: Rabies, AAT, SPS, Donkey préservation and OH digital plateforme.

1⃣Nigeria spends a huge amount of foreign exchange to import animal feed ingredients such as corn, soybean&wheat

2⃣Dr.Amole Tunde ILRI.org notes the need for expansion of farmed land for intensive grass&animal feed production

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The Kenya Veterinary Association convened a crucial partners meeting to improve disaster response, focusing on recent floods affecting animals. A Disaster Response Secretariat was formed to enhance coordination and mitigate animal suffering now and in the future #Animalwelfare

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Key stakeholders convene for discussions on sustainable #livestock transformation, One Health & disease control in Africa.

The meeting highlights strategic initiatives to tackle challenges and promote collaboration.

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1⃣The Malabo Declaration set ambitious targets to improve nutrition and reduce child stunting across the continent.Progress remains negligible.

2⃣Nigeria launches a Multistakeholder Platform to help address issues in the Feed and Fodder Sector

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