The World Bank, in collaboration with the Kenyan government, is funding a US$83mn project to help pastoralists in northern Kenya
Cattle
Kenyan dairy farm project set up by Italian investors
Italian firm Sace-Servizi Internazionali, together with nine specialists in the beef and dairy value chain, is investing US$20mn in a model dairy farm at MoiUniversity in Eldoret, Kenya
Using muzzle photographs to identify cattle
Scientists at Egypt’s Beni-Suef University have developed a computer-based technique that can identify cattle using nose prints, said a study
USAID initiates cattle tagging project in Kenya
USAID, in conjunction with the Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC), has initiated an US$84,000 livestock identification project in northern Kenya to curb cattle theft
Boosting cattle fertility in Rwanda
Cattle breeders across Rwanda are being urged to use a new protocol of bovine oestrus synchronisation to improve cattle fertility