A new charitable organisation, the International Egg Foundation (IEF), has been launched by the International Egg Commission (IEC) during the IEC Business Conference Vienna 2014
Livestock
Namibian farmers urged to invest in the selection of heifers
Dr Dietmar Holm of the University of Pretoria has advised Namibian farmers to invest in the management and selection of heifers in order to benefit the herd in future
AE to support small-scale fish farmers in southern Malawi
The Aquaculture Enterprise (AE) has announced that it will enrol 20 small-scale commercial fish farmers on a three-year training programme in southern Malawi
Two million animals vaccinated in Niger
More than two million head of livestock belonging to almost 140,000 families in Niger have been treated in a major vaccination and deworming campaign
Ghanaian government offers support to poultry sector
The Ghanaian government is working on a proposal to provide funding to Ghanas poultry industry to reduce the cost of imports