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Guyo Malicha Roba, PhD

@guyomalicharob1

A researcher and an expert on African pastoralism and livestock value chain

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EU’s common agricultural policy 1962 is a success story. One key secret ingredient is assured funding at European level from the common resources of the EU’s budget. The dedicated EU budget ensures continued access to high quality inputs, services and related support to farmers.

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One pitfall in our agriculture and livestock related policy is lack of consideration for sustainable funding to ensure sectoral transformation.

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# 3 Kenya's National Livestock Policy, 2009 emphasised the need to invest in animal genetic resources, livestock feeds and nutrition, inputs, animal diseases and pest control, livestock marketing, research and extension etc.

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# 4. Resource allocation was missing at all levels of implementation. We have decade old livestock policy, without any meaningful achievement at upstream and downstream of the value chain

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Drought management is primarily a policy question Read more at: theelephant.info/op-eds/2022/03… The Elephant - Speaking truth to power.