SSA challenge program: Lake kivu pilot learning site : Overview. Meeting objectives and expectations

Overview, Meeting Objectives and Expectations Presented at the Cross-Site Regional Review & Writeshop Meeting of LKPLS, November 08-12, 2010, Kigali, Rwand

SSA challenge program: Lake kivu pilot learning site : Projected workplans and budgets for 2011-2012

Project Work plans & Budgets for 211-2012 Presented at the Cross-Site Regional Review & WriteshopMeeting of LKPLS, November 08-12, 2010, Kigali, Rwand

SSA challenge program: Lake kivu pilot learning site : Highlights, updates, observations and comments on the ended reviews

Highlights, Updates, Observations and Comments on the Ended Reviews Presented at the Cross-Site Regional Review & Writeshop Meeting of LKPLS, November 08-12, 2010, Kigali, Rwand

SSA challenge program: Lake Kivu pilot learning site: review of the Lake Kivu pilot learning site project and purpose of the meeting

Remarks on Review of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site project and purpose of the meeting at the Cross-site Regional Review Meeting of the LKPLS, 12-15, July 2010, Kabale, Ugand

Integrated agricultural research for development ...from concept to practice

This publication presents a synthesis of methods and lessons learnt in the implementation of the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) concept within the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA CP). It relates lessons learnt and impact gained from the program between 2005 to 2010. The SSA CP is the only Challenge program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) program that is targeted at a particular region and it represents an important partnership between the stakeholders in African Agriculture, represented by FARA, and the CGIAR. The IAR4D concept utilizes the principles of innovation systems approach to foster significant changes in agriculture through wholesome engagement of stakeholders in useful partnership, market integration and participatory innovation along technological, institutional and infrastructural realm

Evidence of improper usage of veterinary drugs in cattle in Maasailand, Kenya

The extent of farm-level extra-label drug use in Kenya is not well documented in spite of its important implications on food safety, human health and international trade. One hundred and thirteen farmers in Kajiado and Narok districts were interviewed between October 2005 and February 2006 using a pre-tested questionnaire. The aim was to gather information on farmers’ veterinary drug use practices at the farm level. Descriptive and regression analyses were undertaken on the data. There was a high level of extra-label usage of veterinary drugs in cattle in the two study areas. Specifically, farmers used lower than recommended doses of all available trypanocides in all classes of cattle except in adult bulls where they overdosed with Veriben®, Novidium® and Tryzan®. Adamycin®, the most commonly used antibiotic in the two study sites, was underdosed at all concentrations in all classes of cattle. Except for Novidium® which farmers dissolved correctly, farmers in the two study sites used less than the recommended volume of water to prepare trypanocidal drugs. Farmers also used less than the recommended strength of acaricides for tick control, except for Dominex®. They also sprayed more cattle at each acaricide strength than the number recommended by the manufacturers. The propensity to use veterinary drugs correctly was positively correlated with farmer’s age and district of origin (p<0.1), but negatively associated with years of formal education of the household head (p<0.05). Policy suggestions are made based on the results