About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Animal Science"
Assessment of the spatio-temporal bovine migratory routes and transboundary animal diseases infestation in Uganda
Abstract:
Livestock form an important part of Uganda’s GDP with a big
proportion of households deriving their livelihoods from the
sector. However, pasture management and disease control
especially Transboundary Animal Disease outbreaks have
challenged productivity in the sector. Assessing animal
movements and drivers, as well as economic impacts of TADs
is necessary in order to generate well informed institutional
responses and best TADs management options for better policy
decisions. These issues are being studied in the western and
eastern regions of Uganda. The study has only been initiated.
L’élevage constitue une part importante du PIB de l’Ouganda,
avec une proportion importante de ménages tirant leur
subsistance du secteur. Toutefois, le contrôle de la gestion des
pâturages et en particulier les maladies transfrontières des
animaux sont des défis de la productivité dans le secteur.
L’évaluation des mouvements des animaux ainsi que l’impacte
économiques des maladies animales transfrontalières sont
nécessaire afin de générer des bonnes réponses institutionnelles
et les meilleures options de gestion des maladies animales
transfrontalières (DAT) pour une bonne prise des décisions
politiques. Ces questions sont étudiées dans les régions
occidentale et orientale de l’Ouganda. L’étude est à son stade
d’initiation.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1203-1208
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