April 15, 2016

                                                                

Kenya pushes for disease-free zone to improve livestock exportation
  

 

Kenya is pushing for the rapid establishment of disease-free zones to support the growth of livestock exports, Business Standard reported.

 

Two of these zones will be ready by the end of 2016, Dr Andrew Tuimur, the Principal Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, said. The areas will help to quarantine and screen animals before delivery, with exports heading to the Middle East, Mauritius and Seychelles.

 

Tuimur hopes Kenya could get back access to the EU market by 2017 after its beef products were banned from the region due to the significant occurrences of livestock diseases such as foot and mouth disease (FMD) and contagious bovine plueropnemonia (CBPP).

 

Currently, the country is cooperating with neighbouring countries in controlling animal diseases.

 

"Most of the livestock diseases are trans boundary in nature, so we need regional collaboration due to the movement of livestock across the countries," Tuimur said.

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