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Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign
Project / Program Summary

I. Basic data

Sector(s): Agricultural Development
Title: Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC)
Donor country / organization: European Commission
Other donors / organizations involved: UNDP, FAO, Japan, USAID, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium
Beneficiary countries / regions: West, Central and East Asia (35 countries in all)
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR);
Various national Government services
Duration: Ongoing, Continuation planned.
Starting Date: 1987
Project / Program budget: 115 million ECU in total.
Most recent programme: 32.9 million ECU
Finance / Type of cooperation: grant, technical co-operation

II. Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    Overall
    Increased livestock farmers' income and State income by increased livestock productivity
    Specific
    1. Eradication of rinderpest from the African continent and animal health improvement
    2. Improved services to livestock farmers
    3. Improved Pan-African co-ordination for livestock development and animal health (fight against epizootic diseases, evolution of animal health policies and privatisation of veterinary services)
  2. Activities / contents
    1. Regional (OAU/IBAR)
    • Creation of permanent TA service to participating countries
    • Setting up central unit for epidemiological monitoring
    • Keeping vaccine banks
    • Implementation of research programmes
    • Strengthening of economic and financial evaluation capacity of incidence of animal diseases and control programmes
    • Production of audio-visual materials to promote policy reforms
    1. National
    • Implementation of vaccination campaigns
    • Strengthening of livestock services creation of credit schemes
    • Institutional development to favour liberalisation of services to farmers
    • Financing systems for privatisation of services to farmers
    • Support in structuring professional farmers associations
    • Support for improved rangeland management techniques
    • Improvement in communication between actors and countries involved
    • Marketing support
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    • Fight against animal diseases on African continent co-ordinated
    • Incidence of Rinderpest significantly reduced
    • Farmer's incomes affected positively
    • Animal disease monitoring systems created
    • Veterinary medicine liberalised and privatised in most participating countries
    • Donor co-ordination effective
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    Agricultural development, capacity building, regional co-operation

III. Contact point:

Environment, Rural Development and Food Security Unit, Directorate General for Development, European Commission

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