Accra, Ghana (PANA) -  Due to high input and maintenance costs in recent years, production in Ghana’s livestock sector is declining, according to a report published Thursday on Global Agricultural Information Network. The contribution of the livestock subsector to the agricultural GDP of Ghana has witnessed a gradual decline over the [...] Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Chairperson of the Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors, Dr. Charles Nkuranga, on Sunday stressed the need to increase public awareness and education around the "Rift Valley fever", a vector-borne disease representing a threat to human health, animal health and livestock production that never existed in [...] Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Chinese harvesting of donkey skins in Botswana and in some parts of Africa poses a big threat to the existence of the animal and food security, a senior official said here Tuesday. Dr. John Moreki from the Botswana ministry of Agricultural Development & Food Security, warned [...] Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Aiming to improve livestock production through the use of artificial insemination (AI), the Malian government has put up a modern structure worth US $2.7 million to make the technology accessible to as many breeders as possible, PANA learnt Saturday from the Ministry of Breeding and Fisheries. According [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday it will outline a new strategy for the total eradication of sheep and goat plague by 2030. At an international conference that began the same day in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, the FAO and the World Organization for [...] Full text...