introducing ilri in uganda
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Presented by Danilo Pezo at the More Pork by and for the Poor Project Inception and Planning Workshop, Mukono, Uganda, 27-28 May 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Introducing ILRI in Uganda
Danilo PezoILRI Country Representative in Uganda
More pork by and for the poor project inception and planning workshop, Mukono, Uganda, 27-28 May 2014
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Uganda
Costa Rica
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• The global livestock sector is growing
rapidly and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future
• Major opportunities exist for Africa’s livestock sector
• Africa recognizes the central importanceof agriculture for development − butlivestock are still often under-representedWe all need to work changing it
• Research solutions are needed totransform Africa’s livestock sector
• New investments and institutional reforms are also needed to take R4D successes to scale
Opportunities in the African livestock sector
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Provides food and nutritional security BUT overconsumption can cause obesity
Empowers economic developmentBUT equitable development can be a challenge
Improves human healthBUT animal-human/emerging diseases and unsafe foods need to be addressed
Enhances the environmentBUT pollution, land/water degradation,GHG emissions and biodiversity lossesmust be greatly reduced
Challenges in the livestock sector in Africa
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ILRI projects in Uganda
• Catalyzing the emerging smallholder pig value chains in Uganda to increase rural incomes and assets (IFAD-EU)
• Risk-based approaches to improving food safety and market access in informal markets in sub Saharan Africa (BMZ-GiZ)
• More pork by and for the poor: Catalyzing emerging smallholder pig value chains in Uganda for food security and poverty reduction (Irish Aid)
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ILRI projects in Uganda
• East African Dairy Development (B&MG)
• Dairy Genetics – East Africa (SIDA)• Peste des petits ruminants (PPR):
developing a pan African strategy for disease control (CSIRO)
• Developing livestock traceability systems for domestic and export markets (AU-IBAR).
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