GARC: Rabies surveillance workshop, the one health approach.

 

GARC participating in the "Rabies Surveillance Workshop: One Health Approach towards Rabies elimination in Namibia" workshop. The meeting has been arranged by WOAH, in collaboration with various local stakeholders.

Dr Nehemia Hedimbi (DVS, Namibia) demonstrates the outputs of the RVT tool to the workshop participants. Human and animal health professionals used the GARC surveillance tools to capture information using case studies. The exercise allowed users to experience the tools, but also learn what data the other sectors routinely collect.

#Lagos #rabies # face of rabies control and elimination  Certificate of recognition to #Lagos for contributions to global rabies elimination efforts.     #kick rabies out of #Lagos. #Agege

Garri our national treasure : ‘I Farm Cassava, Sell Garri’ .

  ‘I Farm Cassava, Sell Garri’.

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has pledged to encourage local production in Rivers State if elected deputy governor in 2023. Dikeh, who is the running mate to the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Rivers, Tonte Ibraye, said she has never failed in any leadership role. 

 

        ‘I Farm Cassava, Sell Garri’ : learn how to start garri business

 Speaking on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on Channels Television, she promised to bring her experience as a farmer to bear if given the opportunity to serve. 

 “First of all, we will invest massively in social security, secondly which is foremost in my heart is the inclusion of women and youth in politics and decision making in the country. Also, encouraging local production to increase export and support the growth of small business 

 “I’m a farmer, I’m a massive farmer of cassava, snails and a lot of things. I do know I didn’t get that from nowhere I got that from my grandma, my grandma is a farmer and she is one of the biggest farmers in Rivers state. 

      Garri business and elections : join now

   

I have a farm in Rivers State and Abuja…I do Garri from Rivers State and I bet you, saying one of the biggest exports is like bragging but the truth is I export real goods.

Bakers’ association urges revitalisation of cassava-bread initiative.

 Bakers’ association urges revitalization of cassava-bread initiative. 

The Association of Masters Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Edo chapter, has called for the revival of cassava-bread initiative to reduce dependency on wheat flour. Agbonze said that the Federal Government needed to put machinery in place to revive the policy on cassava -bread production to reduce the rising cost of bread in the country. 

The cassava-bread story.

 

The garri-bread initiative:  The emergence of the garri-bread, though the advocacy to revitalize the cassava-bread initiative is laudable but there is a method to shorten the production process: instead of processing the cassava to make bread , the use of well processed garri to make bread and other pastries. 

 The introduction of garri bread is a better alternative. Learn how to make money turning garri to delicious bread. 

Garri burger bread.

 Echbee foods an indigenous company is using yellow garri to make bread, biscuit, cookies, cakes ,cereals, finger foods and other wholesome food. 

The garri bread comes in different varieties: the burger , the sardine, the chocolate and peanut. Cassava bread or garri bread? look at the garri burger bread.

How to make millions selling garri :How a local boy became a millionaire selling garri.

 How a local boy became a millionaire selling garri.

The garri millionaire guide.

How to start garri business with 25,000 naira  only .

How to start garri export.

How to package garri for export

HOW TO BOOST AGRIBUSINESS IN NIGERIA.

 

Meat inspection and food safety concerns: open data kit (ODK)that Uganda is using to improve livestock disease surveillance and reporting.

 

Open Data Kit to improve livestock disease surveillance and reporting in Uganda.Surveillance of livestock diseases is key to reduce their harm to livelihoods, development and even humans. Meat inspectors in Uganda are using the Open Data kit (ODK) tool to improve animal disease surveillance and reporting, and sharing their experiences and knowledge with peers. The tool was rolled out at a training workshop held in October 2021 at the Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB). 

 The workshop aimed to boost, retool and equip inspectors in routine meat inspection procedures, hands-on skills in meat hygiene and food safety procedures, and knowledge of meat inspection regulations and standards. 

  Ensuring wholesome beef.

 How ODK works .

ODK is an open-source mobile data collection platform that enables users to fill out forms offline and send data to a server when a connection is found. 

 why reforms are necessary.

Once on the server, the data can be viewed, downloaded and acted upon. In the first six weeks following the training, the meat inspectors had uploaded more than 300 reports to the ILRI server.

 Collected data can be used to determine prevalence of diseases, locations and age-group of animals affected, and inform response. 

 Speaking at the review meeting, Annie Cook, a senior scientist at ILRI, commended the inspectors for their interest in improving the reporting of data on disease surveillance at the points of slaughter, saying: 'As pioneers at using the ODK tool in the meat inspection sector, your feedback and input is important in refining the tool so that it is useful and can be used in the future.' 

 Reporting their experiences, the meat inspectors noted that the tool was user-friendly and most did not have major challenges in uploading data. 

 

Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

 

                 Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

There are two main root vegetables in West Africa - cassava and yam. Cassava is available all year round, it is cheap and is known, or to put it correctly, was known as food for the poor. 

         Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

 The other popular one is yam, which Nigerian author Chinua Achebe famously described as "the king of crops". The yam harvest is awaited eagerly. Indeed, special rites are performed before the new yam can be eaten, and we put on our finest clothes to celebrate the vegetable. Cassava is, at best, everyday food and used to be the regular fare of the poor and servants.

 

      Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down : the global cassava development strategy.

Garri from cassava can replace wheat and can be used for bread.

 I note that President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is urging his people to turn to a diet of cassava as an antidote to the rocketing price of wheat during the current worldwide cost of living crisis. "If there is no bread, eat muwogo [cassava]," he said.