USAID-sponsored studies and training contributed to a change in regional trade policy.
In 2006, animal trade – primarily targeting poultry -- was banned...
News
November 2011
Twenty women poultry farmers from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo now have better financial management tools for operating their businesses at higher profit margins.
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November 2011
USAID E-ATP has been using the electronic data collection and distribution of market information system by the Ghana-based Esoko platform. To increase coverage, the project has signed an agreement with Manobi, a Senegal-based information distribution platform that could provide more widespread coverage.
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October 2011
Malian women cereal processors have been successful in acquiring land from their government and constructing on it a 600-ton capacity cereal storage facility.
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June 3, 2011
A productive partnership has been established between the West African regional poultry organization, UOFA (Union of organizations de la filière avicole), and the USAID Expanded Agribusiness & Trade Promotion project.
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May 31, 2011
USAID E-ATP brought together poultry industry representatives, including national and private veterinarians, from seven West African countries for two regional seminars on best practices in hygienic poultry production, and to start the process for developing a regional quality standard.
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May 30, 2011
Communications specialist Felix Deyegbe accompanied USAID ATP monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialist Christian Amedo on one leg of a “data validation” trip in Mali. This is his first-hand account.
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Avian Flu Efforts Help Lift Poultry Ban
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 13:28
Regional and Bilateral Missions Bring New Rice-Growing Method to Field
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 18:46
Rice farmers are enthusiastic about SRI
USAID efforts in bringing the new Intensive Rice-Growing System (Système de Riziculture Intensif, or SRI) to one of Mali’s rice-growing... [Read more]