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May 2007 Volume 02 Issue
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| Developing-country farmers to benefit from new foot-and-mouth disease 'roadmap' |
Global: A major new report that charts a pathway towards the effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in developing countries where the disease is a serious and growing threat has just been launched.
Read more about pathways towards effective control of FMD>>>
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Controlling bird flu in Indonesia through local knowledge
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Asia: 'Participatory epidemiology' - an approach to controlling livestock diseases is being used to improve control of bird flu in Indonesia. Find more about this innovative approach>>>
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Integrating livestock and water management
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Global: Livestock are often neglected in water management policies, yet demand for livestock products is predicted to soar, placing even greater pressure on scarce water supplies. A new brief outlines strategies and opportunities to double livestock water productivity.
Find out about these strategies>>>
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Vaccine agency to reduce loss of human and animal life in developed countries is launched |
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Africa: The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed) recently unveiled animal health projects marking the beginning of a 10-year program aimed at creating sustainable solutions to the loss of human and animal life caused by livestock diseases, which threaten 600 million of the poorest people in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Read more about this initiative>>>
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Presentations
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 Global: World Bank Sustainable Development Network recently hosted a World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Hub Training event from 22 to 27 April in collaboration with ILRI and other partners in East Africa.
View a presentation on Livestock, the neglected instruments for rural development delivered by Carlos Seré, ILRI's director general, at the opening of the visit.
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