Browsing by Author "IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)"

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    The Contribution of Livestock to the Economies of Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan
    (IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD), 2013) IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)
    Livestock specialists frequently argue that livestock production is underrepresented in the GDP estimates of African nations. With respect to Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan – the countries covered in this review – this argument has been confirmed. From 2010 to 2012 IGAD undertook a reappraisal of the contribution of livestock to the national economies of these four IGAD member countries. The ‘headline’ result of this evaluation is summarized in Table 1. Using 2009 as a base year for comparison, the re-estimated value added to national GDP by livestock was, depending on the country in question, 19% to 150% higher than official estimates for that year, and the monetary value added by livestock ranged from a low of over half a billion US dollars in Uganda to over fourteen and a half billion US dollars in Sudan, totaling more than 23 billion US dollars for the four countries combined. This new regional estimate represented a 37% increase in value added over the combined official estimates in 2009 for the countries concerned. Clearly livestock are big business in East Africa – much bigger, in fact, than had been previously suspected.
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    Illegal Veterinary Medicines Trade and Use: Threat to Animal and Public Health in the IGAD Region
    (IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD), 2021) IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)
    Illegal veterinary medicines (expired, understrength, diluted, adulterated or fake) in the IGAD region were observed to have a negative impact on delivery of animal health, production and marketing, which in turn affects the local communities and economies, livelihoods, human and animal health, which causes poverty. The most frequently illegal (expired, understrength, diluted, adulterated or fake) veterinary medicines, as perceived by the supply chain stakeholders, were antibiotics, antihelmintics, trypanocidals, acaricides and vaccines. The estimated prevalence of illegal drugs as reported by different supply chain stakeholders in South Sudan ranged from 46.7-60%; in Uganda ranged from 1-33%; and in Sudan ranged from 5-21%.
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    Policy brief on Enhancing Animal Welfare in the IGAD Region
    (IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD), 2017) IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)
    The understanding and implementation of animal welfare concepts in different countries and regions has been described as a journey in which countries, regions, and even continents are at different stages at any one time. For instance, the drivers of animal welfare in Africa have been quite different from those in Europe, America, or Asia. However, with globalization, especially of trade, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has had to establish standards for animal welfare that meet sanitary requirements and animal sentience.
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    Total Economic Valuation of Pastoralism in Uganda
    (2020) IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)
    Rangeland in Uganda covers an estimated area of 84,000 Km2. This is about 44 per cent of the country’s land mass commonly known as the cattle corridor. It’s stretching from the south through the central region to the northeastern part of Uganda (Figure 1). Pastoral and agropastoral communities are inhabiting the cattle corridor. Livestock accounts for 3.2 per cent of gross domestic product, 70 per cent of employment generated by the agricultural sector (IGAD, 2013) and accounts for onethird of the total value of agricultural output.
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    Towards Sustainable Rangeland Management in IGAD Region
    (IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD), 2020) IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas & Livestock Development (ICPALD)
    About 60-70% of the terrestrial land surface in IGAD region is arid and semi-arid, and is classified as rangelands1,2,3. The rangelands are home to pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities whose livelihoods mainly depend on extensive livestock production.