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

1. 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

2. Uganda
Costa Rica

3. • 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 importance
of agriculture for development − but
livestock are still often under-represented
We all need to work changing it
• Research solutions are needed to
transform Africa’s livestock sector
• New investments and institutional reforms
are also needed to take R4D successes to
scale
Opportunities in the
African livestock sector

4. Provides food and nutritional security
BUT overconsumption can cause obesity
Empowers economic development
BUT equitable development can be a challenge
Improves human health
BUT animal-human/emerging diseases
and unsafe foods need to be addressed
Enhances the environment
BUT pollution, land/water degradation,
GHG emissions and biodiversity losses
must be greatly reduced
Challenges in the
livestock sector in Africa

5. 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)

6. 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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