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ILRI News on BUILD

02 Jun 2020

Expanding capacity for participatory disease surveillance in Uganda

Uganda field work in Bugiri using proportional piling to assess disease mobility and mortality in livestock (photo credit: ILRI) . This article was written by Ekta Patel and edited by Paul Karaimu In an effort to support animal disease surveillance in Uganda, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF)...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

ILRI News

14 Jul 2019

Minimizing the risks of Rift Valley fever in Uganda – BuildUganda project to build national surveillance and response capacities

Livestock waiting to drink at a traditional deep well source at Garba Tulla, Isolo, Kenya (Photo Credit: ILRI/Fiona Flintan) Written by Ekta Patel and Kristina Roesel In early June this year, the BuildUganda research for development project was launched at a workshop with stakeholders . One of the...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

ILRI News

12 Jul 2019

Eradicating Peste des Petits Ruminants in Uganda – BuildUganda project to reinforce national disease control capacities

Goats leaving home for grazing, Borana, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI\Zerihun Sewunet). Written by Ekta Patel and Kristina Roesel In early June this year, the BuildUganda research for development project was launched at a workshop with stakeholders . One of the four components of the project is...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

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ILRI Projects on BUILD

Jan 2019Dec 2023

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...