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Livestock marketing training takes place in Northern Kenya
Thanks to Farm Africa, a group of pastoralists from Dabel, Northern Kenya, have the marketing skills they need to increase the income they earn from their animals.
For people living in Dabel and all over Moyale district, Northern Kenya, their livestock is their biggest asset. In this remote and disadvantaged region, over 90% of their income comes from the sale of their livestock. If livestock sales dwindle, whole communities struggle to buy enough food to eat.
Livestock sales are affected by many factors. The area is prone to drought, meaning animals often become weak and less valuable at market. Market factors such as fluctuations in supply and demand, high transportation costs due to the remote nature of the district and poor marketing information also have a big impact on livestock sales.
Farm Africa is helping these communities to increase their sales and earn a higher income from their livestock by providing community members with livestock marketing training. Between April and June 2010, Farm Africa provided a group of pastoralists from Dabel with simple marketing skills so they can increase the income they earn from their animals.
The training included information about how to manage livestock in a drought, the best time to buy and sell livestock and regulations for transporting livestock to market. Farm Africa has also demonstrated how mobile phone technology can be used as a way of communicating the latest marketing information to community members.
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Comments
thanks for it.
Livestock rearing brings economic empowerment to pastoral community if undertaken in a modern way but the traditional nomad-ism combined with unpredictable rainfall patterns will make the pastoral life difficult and unproductive. Keep up the good work farm-Africa for your support for the pastoral community to practice modern and productive farming technologies.
Thank you very much for continuing with good work even after Some of us left the organization to undertake new assignment. Am happy to read good work done by FA across Eastern Africa in supporting communities to produce food for themselves. Please keep up the good work of improving the lives of the poor, especially the marginalized pastoralist in Northern Kenya. Good luck Boru D. Duba Former Pastoralist Coordinator Moyale Pastoralist Project
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