Agriculture

BRAC Conducts Agriculture Disaster Risk Assessment

BRAC-Liberia has conducted an ‘Agriculture Disaster Risk and Vulnerable Assessment’ (DRVA) in Bong, Montserrado, Bomi, Margibi, Grand Cape Mount and Grand Bassa counties.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2017
Liberian Observer (Liberia)
Tags:
Agriculture, Liberia, Food Security, Poultry, Livestock, Floods, Africa, Natural Disasters
Animal Care

Cameroon confirms H5N8 bird flu outbreak in the north: OIE

Cameroon has confirmed a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in the northern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday, citing a report fro

Publication Date: 
17/02/2017
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Birds, Poultry, Avian Flu, Influenza, Africa
Food Policy

In Somalia, famine is looming and families with no food or water are leaving their land

In Somalia, the farm animals are dying. The water holes have dried up. The crops have failed.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2017
Los Angeles Times
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Famine, Somalia, Droughts, Natural Disasters, Africa, Livestock, Agriculture
Natural Disasters

Kenya: Govt to Buy 100,000 Animals From Areas Hit By Drought in Baringo

The national government has launched the programme to purchase emaciated livestock from farmers in parts of Baringo County.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Kenya, Droughts, Farmers, Africa
Natural Disasters

Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children as drought deepens

A borehole dug by herders in a desperate attempt to survive Kenya's last severe drought has been transformed into a lifeline for thousands of children and animals as a new drought hits, thanks to t

Publication Date: 
08/02/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, Solar Energy, Kenya, Africa, Livestock, Malnutrition, Water Supply
Agriculture

Enabling the business of agriculture 2017

Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) 2017, the third report in the EBA series, offers insights into how laws and regulations affect private sector development for agribusinesses, including producer organizations and other agricultural entrepreneurs.

Publication Date: 
07/02/2017
The World Bank
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Farmers, Private Sector, Environment, Chemical Fertilisers, Agricultural Machines, India, Global, Finance, Land, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Women, Livestock
Climate Change

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Impact of Climate Change, 07/02/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Impact of Climate Change, 07/02/2017.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Agriculture, Livestock, India, Parliament
Wildlife

Armed herders invade Kenya's most important wildlife conservancy

Thousands of heavily-armed herders are invading conservancies, private properties and smallholdings in Laikipia, one of Kenya’s most important wildlife areas, as they search for pasture for their c

Publication Date: 
03/02/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, Kenya, Livestock, Conflicts, Elephant, Lion, Farmers, Africa
Dams/ Irrigation

Multiple uses of small reservoirs in crop-livestock agro-ecosystems of the Volta river basin with an emphasis on livestock management

This working paper was based on the study on multiple uses of small reservoirs in the Volta River Basin of Burkina Faso. The study was conducted in communities using five small reservoirs in Yatenga Province.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2017
Augustine. A. Ayantunde, Mawa Karambiri, Viviane Yameogo, Olufunke O. Cofie
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Tags:
Reservoirs, Agroecosystem Planning, Irrigation, Crops, Livestock, River Basin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Groundwater Recharge
Natural Disasters

Kenya: Children Drop Out of School as Drought Worsens in Garissa

Many pupils in Garissa County have stopped going to school and joined their parents in search of water and pasture for their livestock as drought continues to ravage the region.As the situation wor

Publication Date: 
01/02/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Africa, Kenya, Drought, Children, Livestock, Education

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