Posts Tagged: Nutrition

See How Ethiopia’s Livestock Market Development Celebrated World Milk Day

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On June 1, people around the world celebrated World Milk Day, which originally kicked off in 2001 to focus attention on the importance of milk and the milk industry. The USAID – US Agency for International Development-supported Agricultural Growth Program-Livestock Market Development (AGP-LMD) project worked with Ethiopia’s Ministries of Agriculture and Health to increase awareness of the nutritional benefits of drinking milk and consuming dairy products.

AGP-LMD sponsored a “Question and Answer Quiz Show” featured on Saturday, June 7 on Ethiopian TV (ETV) where participants were asked questions related to milk and world milk day. More than 400 men, women and children watched the filming of the show.

AGP-LMD is part of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative to improve smallholder incomes and nutritional status in Ethiopia through investments in the meat/live animals and dairy value chains.

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USAID’s Livestock Market Development Project Kicks Off School Milk Day Events

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), today kicked off the first of 14 events known as “School Milk Days” at the Wushawushign Primary School in the Amhara Region.  The purpose of these events is to increase the awareness and knowledge of school age children, parents, and teachers about milk.

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Partnering to Feed the Future in Ethiopia

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Read USAID Agricultural Growth Program – Livestock Market Development Chief of Party Marc Steen’s blog post on how this project is helping improve the nutrition and livelihoods of Ethiopians.

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Learn How USAID is Partnering with Project Mercy in Ethiopia

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This short video provides an overview of two agreements that USAID signed with Project Mercy, a not-for-profit development and relief agency, based in Ethiopia.  USAID’s Livestock Market Development project, implemented by CNFA, is supporting Project Mercy’s dairy farm in Chacha, Ethiopia.

 

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