Backyard Poultry Enterprise: Challenges and prospects for more rapid rural poverty alleviation.
Presented By: Samuel Adediran, Kushwaha P, Dhawan M, Mosha R, Tindih H, Donadeu M and Traill P
Event: ECHO East Africa Highlands Symposium 2014 (27.10.2014)
GALVmed is working to control ND, a contagious and often fatal viral disease affecting all species of birds. ND is an avian strain of paramyxovirus. Severity and Impact is greatest in developing countries, especially with village backyard chickens (BYP). Of an estimated 1.38 billion chickens in Africa, ~70 - 80% are in villages and at risk.