1. ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING.
FY(2014-2015).
VETERINARY SERVICES SECTOR
BULIISA DISTRICT.

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE.
• RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• OBSERVED GOOD PRACTISES.
• CHALLENGES
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• WAY FORWARD
• AREAS OF FUTURE INVESTMENTS.

3. 2013-2014 Funding.
• Annual Production and
Marketing Grant-Vet
section:-
Shs.1,280,000/=.
• Others activity based
funding were from
NUSAF 2.

4. Expenditure Breakdown.
item Activity Quarter Amount.
1. Vaccination and control of Rabies
in Dogs and Cats
July-September 320,000/=
2. Livestock Disease surveillance and
Diagnosis.
October-December 320,000/=
3. Enforcement of Veterinary
Legislations and regulations
January-March 320,000/=
4. Sensitizations on Pests and
Disease control
April-June 320,000/=
TOTAL: Shs.1,280,000/=

5. 1.RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Control of Zoonosis
under
Veterinary Public health.
-Tuberculosis
-Bilharzias
-Brucellosis
-Avian Flue
-Teaniasis
-EBOLA

6. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Provisional of clinical
services.
-Evaluation of non
responsive clinical
cases.

7. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Tick and Tsetse control.
- Inspected and
recommended the best
Acaricides suited to the
local environment.
- Guided farmers on the
water : Acaricides
mixing ratios.

8. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Provisional of veterinary
drugs ,Biological
,Vaccines and other
veterinary supplies.
- Recommended four
animal drugs outlet
operators to NDA.
- Inspected and certified
veterinary drugs and
equipments supplied to
farmers.

9. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Animal breeding,
insemination and
Embryo transfer.
• Certified Breeding
bulls/Heifers to farmers.
• Certified Local Nanny
Goats and Bucks.

10. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Provisional of Animal
quarantine and primary
livestock infrastructure.
- A phased construction
of a 200 H/C holding
metallic cattle crush at
Kabolwa –Buliisa Sub-
county under PRDP.

11. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Promoted ,guided and
supported trade in
some animals and
animal products.
-Movement outside the
district.
- Movement into the
district.

12. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Food Hygiene:
- Emphasized hygienic
food handling,
transportation and
storage.
- Promoted use of food
grade equipments

13. RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.
• Trained and sensitized
405 Livestock
beneficiaries under
NUSAF 2 HSIP projects.

14. BEEF PRODUCTION.
• Cattle production is estimated to have grown
from 20,000 from 1999 to 40,000 in 2013.
This is attributed to genetic improvement
,improved livestock ,husbandry and strategic
control of diseases and vector. The district
beef production levels increased from 50 MTN
in 2011 to 100 MTN in 2013.

15. GOAT PRODUCTION.
• The goat population has been growing at
about 3.5% annually .Goat/Sheep population
is estimated to be 50,000 in 2013 up to from
100,000 in 2011.
• The District supports a special breeding
programme for goats .

16. PIG PRODUCTION.
• The Pig population is estimated to have grown
from less than 100 in 1999 to 1,000 in 2014.
Litter production per sow per pregnancy 6-12
Piglets. Price per piglet of one month 40,000-
80,000 (UGX.)
• Management costs/skills.
• Adequate nutrition.
• Gestation period in number of days (90) or less.
• Disease control.
• Marketing.

17. HIDES AND SKINS.
• Sales of Hides and Skins increased from 1.5
MT in 2011 to 2.5MT in 2013 Valued at USD
1.5 and 3.5 millions in 2013.

18. MILK COLLECTION ,PROCESSING AND
MARKETING.
• Milk production: grown from over the years from 130,000 litres in 2,000
to 547,500 litres in 2013. About 70% of the produced milk is marketed and
30% consumed at house-hold level.
• Milk Collection: By end 2014 there was 01 milk collection centre with
capacity of 5,000 litres from zero milk collecting centres
• Cooperatives play a vital role in acquiring and maintaining chilling
equipments ,collection and marketing of this highly perishable product.
• Milk Transportation: Currently there are 01 milk tanker with a total
capacity of 20,000 litres from zero road tankers in 2011.
• Milk Processing: Traditional processing into skeamed milk, and ghee.
• Milk Consumption: The per capita consumption is estimated to have
moved from 50 litres to 60 litres far below the recommended by
FAO/WHO of 200 litres per person per year.
• Dairy export is possible in the next foreseeable future:

19. POULTRY PRODUCTION,PROCESSING
AND MARKETING.
• Poultry production: The poultry production was estimated
at 150,000 birds in 2013 as increased from 40,000 in
2011.Production of eggs is estimated to have increased
from 500,000 in 2011 to 800,000 in 2013.
• Present per capita consumption is estimated to be at 15
and that of poultry meat at 1.5 kg compared to national of
12.5 Kgs per annum.
• Meat processing: Modern slaughter houses ,abattoir still
lacking.
• DRC and South Sudan.
• International trade.
• Breeding Programme: Kuroiler cocks .

20. 2.Observed Good Practices.
• Reduced incidences of
Tick borne diseases due
to more regular
spraying with effective
Acaricides.
• Increased appreciation
of monetary value for
livestock and livestock
products.
• Improved animal
husbandry practices i.e.
branding, breeding and
Culling off.
• Farmer empowerment
through HFLOs.

21. 3.Challenges
• Absence of social accountability.
• Inactive grievances reporting
systems
• Rewards and sanctions at various
levels.
• Lack of provisional of diagnostic
facilities.
• Failure to maintain the cold chain.
• Rudimentary vehicle mobility.
• Increasing theft and crime
related to livestock.
• High dependence to cost free
services by most farmers.
• Low funding to the sector.

22. EXTENSION SERVICES PERSONNEL.
• Farmers all over the world depend on extension services to carry
out their activities. In Buliisa, however ,there is a big gap between
extension service providers and farmers. As a result farmers
,operate through trial and error ,hence making losses.
• At the peak of NAADS operations, Buliisa had 21 extension workers
making a ratio of 1 extension worker to 1,034 house-holds.
• If the extension worker worked 365 days a year, meeting an average
of three farmers per day ; He or She would meet slightly more than
1,000 each year. This means that for him to meet at most 4,000
farmers ,it will take him at least four years yet farmers need an
extension worker at least three times per planting season which
makes it six times a year since Uganda has two major seasons.

23. NUMBERS:
• 1970 Veterinary Services were ran by government.
• Government divested it self from the role of veterinary drug supply,
dispensing and administration only retaining the role of providing
veterinary extension services.
• In 1989 MMAIF further divested it self of clinical veterinary services and to
a certain extent veterinary extension passing the responsibility to the
private sector. This left a vacuum.
• The level of veterinary officers per sub-county ranges from 1:1,000 to
1:5,000 Households creating a big strain on officers.
• Additionally the average number of cattle keeping house-holds per
veterinary officer stands at around 5,296.
• In Buliisa (UBOS 2008 Livestock Census) with 15,210 homesteads had a
total of 40,000 Cattle,90,000 Goat/Sheeps and over 800 Pigs. It Had one
public veterinary officer, under LG and none as private.
• If the vet visited twenty farmers per day ,it would take at least four years
to reach all homesteads.

24. DISEASE CHALLENGE.
• ECF
• ASF
• TRYPS
• MANGE
• NSD
• TBD
• COCCIODIOSIS
• RABIES
• FOWL POX
• FOWL CHOLERA

25. Community Specific Challenges:
a. YOUTH: Majority of the
youth are reluctant to
persevere in agriculture in
preference to “boda boda”
riding, petty trade and
service sector.
b. Environment: Increasing
livestock number based on
the quantity rather than
quality imposes pressure
on the rangeland
ecosystem and water
systems
. HIV/AIDS NEGATIVE
IMPACTS:
- Forced selling by farmers of
stock at inappropriate time
to meet medical costs .
- Dismantling of the family
set up resulting in a decline
in production and
productivity ,food
insecurity, low income,
increased health care costs
and great job insecurity.

26. Community Specific Challenges:
d. CLIMATE CHANGE:
Increased un-coordinated
tree harvesting for
charcoal may increase
the frequency of
drought precipitating
the increase in conflict
over available land and
resources.
- Lack of Value addition
facilities

27. 4.Recommendations.
• Lobby for more livestock
infrastructure
development. i.e. Modern
Livestock Market and a
cattle crush per parish.
• More staff should be
recruited i.e. Lab. Tech.
• A vehicle to facilitate
movement is required.
• More regular allocation
of fuel and lubricants to
staff.
• An office for vet section.
• Provision of protective
gears to staff for health
and safety at work place.
• Establishment of two
fixed animal check points
at Wanseko and Butiaba
escarpment to monitor
and regulate livestock
movement.

28. WAY FORWARD.
• Massive recruitment but process is so slow that a sick cow cannot wait for
it.
• Training farmers to handle basic livestock challenge.
• Each Sub-county should have at least four extension workers with proper
facilitation.
• A vehicle (pick up) -130million Ug Shs. Or a Honda off-road motor cycle
10million Ug Shs.
• Deliberate efforts should be made to impart skills in Livestock husbandry
practises to livestock farmers.
• In Ethiopia a country with one of best extension workers per farming
household ratio ,as a result of a deliberate move by government to
massively train farmers in every farming area.
• As an outcome of this; between 2000 and 2008 the number of extension
workers in the field grew from15,000 to 45,000 .
• At least overall 80,000 farmers turned extension workers were trained.

29. New areas of investments in Buliisa.
Crocodile and Ostrich farming.

30. Bon appétit!