04/02/2021 - 15:55
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The European Union Ambassador to South Sudan Christian Bader on Thursday attended the launch of a dry season livestock vaccination and deworming campaign at Shirikat cattle camp, an outskirt of Juba.
The vaccination and deworming exercise is part of the “Strengthening the resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in South Sudan and across border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” project, worth over $30 million.
The project aims at improving household food security, nutrition and income, and enhancing livelihood resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities, particularly in cross-border areas of South Sudan.
“In times of recurrent food crises, large scale vaccination campaign like this, promoted by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) with support from the European Union and its member states, is key to control and eradicate serious animal diseases,” Ambassador Bader said at the launch.