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CMAAE THESIS DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP

The photo shows CMAAE students' participation in the AERC thesis dissemination workshop: where Prof. Rose Nyikal, Principal, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS), Prof. John Mburu, Chairman, Department of Agricultural Economics,  AERC C-ordinator, Prof. Willis Kosura, Prof. Stephen Mbogoh, Dr. Cecilia Ritho, and Dr. David Jakinda attended. The workshop took place on Friday, March 12, 2021.

Early effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the African dairy industry: Cases of Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, and Senegal

AbstractThis paper provides an early assessment of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and of subsequent response measures on milk production, collection, processing, marketing and consumption in Africa. We focus on the period surrounding the first wave of the outbreak (from February to June 2020), during which the number of cases surged and many steps were taken to curb the epidemic.