The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Zimbabwe recently launched a two-year Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) to enhance fish breeding and production in the country
Livestock
Boehringer Ingelheim launches poultry coccidiosis vaccine under new name
Boehringer Ingelheim recently announced the launch of Vaxxilive Cocci 3, a poultry coccidiosis vaccine previously known as Hatchpak Cocci III
Combatting East Africa’s fish supply-demand imbalances
Diana Orembe, co-founder and CEO of pioneering blue biotech company, NovFeed in November 2023, was selected as part of the ‘UNICEF Innovation30: Young Innovators Shaping the Future,’ for developing the unique NovFeed technology to transform the aquaculture landscape in Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam
Prevention and control of livestock diseases made easy with Tianlong Solution
Tianlong Technology provides pioneering disease detection solutions, comprising a variety of instruments and matching reagents that allow for swift and reliable detection of African Swine Fever (ASF), Avian Influenza (AI) and foot and mouth disease, among others
Kenya's Egerton University develops innovative test to tackle antimicrobial resistance in milk
While solutions for testing antimicrobial resistance do exist on the market, the cost of using them remains far beyond the reach of ordinary, small-scale farmers who constitute around 80% of Kenyas milk producers, says Teresia Ndung’u, a doctoral student at Kenya’s Egerton University