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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The government has partnered with Zoetis\u2014a global veterinary organisation\u2014so as to help farmers to make dividends from animal husbandry by penetrating the global market.<\/p>\n

Mr Bright Rwamirama, the junior Animal Husbandry minister, says the initiative will also expand knowledge and ease animal keeping among herding communities by bolstering commercial farming and reducing diseases that frustrate farmers.<\/p>\n

Zoetis\u2019s digital farming packaging run and administered online is done under the African Livestock Productivity and Health Advancement (ALPHA). The ALPHA initiative is working to advance livestock health and productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an opportunity to share with them the challenges and to request them to extend this programme because we still need the issue of diagnostics, disease control, and skilling both veterinarians and herding communities,\u201d Mr Rwamirama said of the ALPHA initiative.<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, the Zoetis ALPHA initiative has dramatically improved livestock health and farmers\u2019 livelihoods in Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been supporting research in animal medicine, diseases and they have provided us support that goes directly to the farmer,\u201d Mr Rwamirama said, adding, \u201c[About] 15 percent of human diseases are of animal origin. So when we control animal diseases, we save millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Gabriel Varga, Zoetis\u2019s Regional Director of sub-Saharan Africa, said his team will use the networks and collaboration that have been cultivated with local institutions like Makerere University to offer training in diagnostics and poultry management.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cooperate with the Makerere University lab to extend the diagnostic to poultry\u2026poultry farmers can rely on those results and make sure those birds are vaccinated on time,\u201d Dr Varga said, adding, \u201cWe shall also train them on how to take samples and interpret results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under digital veterinary farming, all interested parties\u2014including farmers, veterinarians and distributors\u2014will be required to register through a website portal to access the trainings and all other services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an open course for everybody and so they can connect through our distributors, offices in Uganda and our other distributors,\u201d Dr Varga said.<\/p>\n

Once enrolled, participants undergo comprehensive trainings conducted by experts such as scientists in academia, marketing, and livestock management through sessions conducted online and clustered in modules. These are planned and conducted on a weekly basis, with Dr Varga adding that \u201cour members travel to different parts of Uganda\u201d.<\/p>\n

Follow up sessions by their teams that are spread across the country are conducted to provide hands-on skills on all lessons made on digital platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll trainings [done on digital platforms] are recorded because we have to gauge performance. We are doing it in a way that is traceable and also quantifiable,\u201d Dr Varga said.<\/p>\n

Packages also allow participants to further revisit the training and also train other persons in their communities, especially those that may not have access to such knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have a lot of local meetings where we gather farmers and their leaders to meet technical specialists \u2026 We also send other messages through WhatsApp and other messaging Apps to ensure that wider and easier access to the information is done,\u201d Dr Varga further revealed.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The government has partnered with Zoetis\u2014a global veterinary organisation\u2014so as to help farmers to make dividends from animal husbandry by penetrating the global market. 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