Ethiopia's livestock: An interview with Namukolo Covic

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At more than 50 million animals, Ethiopia's livestock population is the largest in Africa and the eighth largest in the world. But livestock productivity in Ethiopia remains low. Namukolo Covic, the ILRI Director General's representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia country convener and the CGIAR regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa, talks with Shahida Hussein, an ILRI communications officer, about the livestock challenges that are facing Ethiopia, ideas to raise productivity, and hopes for the future.

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1. Ethiopia's livestock: An interview with Namukolo Covic (00:00:00)

2. What's needed to improve productivity? (00:00:56)

3. How about improving livestock feeds and forage? (00:01:51)

4. Is it important to work on indigenous species? (00:03:42)

5. What about animal health? (00:06:51)

6. Does ILRI contribute to an enabling environment? (00:08:07)

7. How do links to the market affect productivity? (00:10:32)

8. What about food safety? (00:12:43)

9. How can we add value to Ethiopian animal source products? (00:14:48)

10. What could be done to build links to the private sector? (00:16:39)

11. Is animal-source food healthy? (00:22:11)

12. Is there a connection between cultural consumption patterns and malnutrition? (00:24:01)