Lockdown saw a ban on cattle markets in the area to stem the spread of COVID-19 Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 85 percent of the residents of Nakaseke North constituency in Nakaseke district are facing starvation after abandoning crop production in preference to cattle farming. The affected are residents …
Read More »IGAD members finally endorse cross border pastoralism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states have finally endorsed the implementation of a roadmap for the IGAD transhumance protocol that will allow cross border pastoralism. IGAD member states of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda all agreed to start the …
Read More »World Bank urges on pastoralism, irrigation ahead of agric summits
By Julius Businge On the eve of two major agriculture summits in Mauritania and Senegal, the World Bank is urging African countries and communities in the Sahel and the international development community to help protect and expand pastoralism on behalf of the more than 80 million people living in The …
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