Government ministers and representatives from Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met in Ethiopia to discuss the future of the livestock sector in Africa
The World Poultry Foundation (WPF) has received a four year US$21.4mn dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance poultry production in Tanzania and Nigeria
Eritrea has been issued a US$15mn grant by The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to boost fisheries sector and nutrition to be distributed
The South African government through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has committed to addressing the concerns of the domestic industry over poultry imports
According to global nutritional health company Diamond V, reducing the pathogens in the gastro-intestinal tracts of their chickens and turkeys can help reduce the risk of pathogens in food processing and food products
