Addressing livestock feed shortages in Africa

Livestock feed and fodder are in short supply across many areas of Africa. Kenya and Uganda, for example, are currently each grappling with an approximately 60% annual feed deficit. Here we take a look at initiatives designed to combat severe feed shortages. This crisis, as many media outlets in Africa have reported, is due to drought, the effects of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Due to drought, losses of livestock in the Horn of Africa region in the last year or so have be