The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has urgently called for immediate action to avert the looming threat of a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in East Africa. RVF, a severe vector-borne viral disease, has been detected in various animal species, including sheep, […]
Last week, Samuel Peter Okoci, a student at Mbarara University of Science & Technology and the proprietor of Smart Kuku Brooder innovation, was crowned the overall winner of the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge in Uganda. The event took place at Protea Hotel-Marriott in Kampala. For his groundbreaking innovation, a device that utilizes automated temperature and […]
