More than 40 tilapia fish value chain experts and stakeholders convened at the shores of Lake Kariba for a multi-stakeholder partnership meeting to measure, learn and improve sector strategy performance and coordination
Livestock
New ASF outbreak detected on farm in Gauteng Province
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development announced a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on a farm in Gauteng province
Power cuts prompt farmers to cull around 10 million chicks in South Africa
Consistent blackouts in South Africa have left poultry farmers struggling with low production, processing backlogs and hardly any room for chicks, resulting in the unfortunate need to cull more than 10 million chicks within a matter of weeks
CERSA and WPSA collaborate to organise second Pan-African Poultry Conference
The Regional Centre of Excellence for Poultry Science (CERSA), University of Lome, and World Poultry Science Association (WPSA-Togo branch) are co-organising the second edition of the Pan-African Poultry Conference (PPC) from 16-18 May 2023, with the theme: ‘Competitiveness and inclusiveness of the value chains of the poultry sector in Africa
Tunisia fishers receive equipment from TIKA
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TÄ°KA) and the Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia provided equipment to 80 fishers who are members of the Arous Al-Bouhayra Cooperative (SMSA) catching eels in Tunisia to help improve the existing capacity and increase the income of fishers by allowing the direct sales of products