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Recently FAO and IGAD joined hands in establishing and strengthening the national Feed Security System NAFSS in East African countries. This effort has emanated from the East Africa Animal Feed Action Plan (FAO and IGAD, 2019), the formulation of which was spearheaded by these two organizations, jointly with a number of national and international partners. The NAFSS was presented to Member States (MS) of IGAD (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda in Nairobi in February 2020, and the major pillars of this System are the three tools: a) Feed Inventory and Feed Balance, b) Predictive Livestock Early Warning, and c) Feed Security Assessment - PET.

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What was/were the main shock(s) that triggered this practice? What was the entry point for the implementation of the practice?

  • East Africa has a population of over 200 million people with diverse and rich culture, resources and opportunities while livestock population is estimated at 640 million heads.
  • The livestock sector provides between 30 and 80 percent of the agricultural GDP, generates up to 70 percent of household cash income.
  • The sector also forms the basis for agriculture-led growth and the socio-economic transformation, envisioned in AU’s Malabo Declaration “Accelerated Africa Agriculture Growth and Transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods” and the declaration that forms the AU Agenda 2063 framework.

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Dr. Paul Opio
Livestock and Pastoralism Adviser at Resilience Team For Eastern Africa, FAO | Website

Dr. Paul Opio is a Livestock and Pastoralism Adviser Resilience Team For Eastern Africa

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