Cattle
Tanzania grants 500 cattle to drought-effected families
The Tanzanian government has donated 500 livestock to farming families in the Monduli district of the Arusha region as part of a US$7.1mn initiative to replenish heavy losses from the 2009 drought
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Livestock farmers urged to integrate crop cultivation for food security
Namibia’s environment and tourism deputy minister, Uahekua Herunga, has encouraged livestock farmers in the country to parallelly cultivate crops to help ensure food sustainability
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Genetic engineering to help fight against African cattle disease
Scientists have identified two genes which may help the fight against African animal trypanosomiasis, a sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse fly
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Gates Foundation awards US$8 million grant to East Africa dairy project
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Heifer International an US$8 million grant to support its East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project
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New vaccines to protect Kenyan livestock from infectious diseases
Two vaccine projects aimed at increasing food security through the development of new vaccines for cattle, sheep, swine and goats are set to be launched in Kenya
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