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
Uganda
Costa Rica
• 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
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
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)
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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