Introducing ILRI in Uganda

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Introducing ILRI in Uganda Danilo Pezo ILRI 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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Presented by Danilo Pezo at the More Pork by and for the Poor Project Inception and Planning Workshop, Mukono, Uganda, 27-28 May 2014

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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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