RESILIENT AFRICAN FEED AND FODDER SYSTEMS LAUNCHES ITS OFFICIAL PROJECT.

BY NJOKI KARANJA. 

The Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS) today has officially launched its Project and continues to take proactive steps to address profound impacts of the global triple C crises (Climate Change, Covid-19 and Conflicts) on African feed and fodder systems.

Also present, included several ministers from Africa, among them Kenya’s Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi and his Ugandan counterpart Lt. Col (Rtd) Bright Rwamirama.



The RAFFS Project was launched by Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment Josefa Sacko, at an occasion graced by dozens of stakeholders from Africa.



The project has brought together key stakeholders from 6 African Union Member states where the project is being implemented (Uganda, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cameroon) to deliberate on strategies and initiatives crucial for the resilience and sustainability of feed and fodder systems in the continent.

Zanamwe Ngonidzashe (Light pink shirt)Data manager and expert at University of Zimbabwe 

Olushola Obikanye  ( Grey suit)Agric finance and solid minerals Group Head.

 Muhammed Omar Nur, ( Second left)Director General ministry of Livestock Somalia honored to attend the (RAFFS) official launch at Safari park hotel,Nairobi, Kenya.


In addition, this team focused on drafting guidelines for a feed and fodder data management framework, aiming to establish a platform for an integrated multi-actor ecosystem.
Commercialization and Contracting Models. Experts here deliberated on contracting models by sifting through case studies and creating profiles for feed and fodder commercialization and contracting models in the continent while paying special attention to the 6 countries of implementation.

Group photo.

Investments and Financing: This team profiled investments and financing mechanisms while analysing the challenges and gaps for feed and fodder enterprises to ensure sustained growth.




Multi-Stakeholder Platforms: Formulating guidelines for feed and fodder multi-stakeholder platforms was crucial for this group. The team looked at best strategies for collaboration by the different players and key aspects of co-ordination required for an excellent sector. 




In conclusion, they also highlighted the efforts on feed and fodder data management, despite challenges like insecurity affecting data collection. Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, launched the Agricultural Transformation Agenda and the National Livestock Development Policy, utilizing the Livestock Data for Decisions (LD4D) platform to improve data collection.

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