Travel Journal
Dedicated to supporting growers
19 Jun 2018
You never know what you’ll encounter when traveling through Africa to assist growers and poultry producers. This light-hearted story of mishap was shared with our managing director, Richard Fritz, and comes from Tanzania. We think it illustrates how dedicated to supporting growers our [...]
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Checking in on Projects in East Africa
23 May 2018
I’ve just returned from visiting Tanzania along with Mike Welch, who serves as Vice Chairman of the World Poultry Foundation. Our May trip allowed us to see first-hand the African Poultry Management Initiative’s progress in Tanzania, which is going very well. We attended the World [...]
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Working alongside Ethiochicken in Ethiopia
30 Apr 2018
We recently visited Ethiopia to conduct project assessment with EthioChicken. The World Poultry Foundation staff, along with veterinarians from Merck Animal Health (South Africa) and Aviagen, visited the Ethiopian poultry operations together. The team examined brooding units which are producing [...]
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WPF Sponsors Training in Ethiopia
20 Apr 2018
On the road in Ethiopia, I’ve been involved with the continued sponsorship of our training and education programs with local poultry operations. This week, the World Poultry Foundation sponsored a two-day training workshop aimed at field extension agents and veterinarians stationed [...]
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Visiting Lagos, Nigeria
24 Mar 2018
Organizations who are working to support the WPF African Poultry Multiplication Initiative (APMI) had the opportunity to accompany WPF staff in visiting several Mother Units and small holder farmers outside of Lagos, Nigeria. Staff from these organizations will be assisting WPF to measure [...]
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While in Vikawe, Tanzania…
21 Feb 2018
While in Vikawe, Tanzania (in the coastal area north of Dar es Salaam) I had the opportunity to visit a Mother Unit owned by Zarina Madabida. Zarina owns a Mother Unit brooding Sasso birds to 28 days of age for sale to small holder farmers in the area. She also has a small flock for […]
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Partnerships in South Africa Grow
17 Feb 2018
Hello from Durban, South Africa! I am pleased to see the partnerships in South Africa grow. On Friday, February 16, 2018 I signed a second agreement with the Kwazulu Natal Poultry Institute to conduct training, the following Sunday I signed our second agreement with the Future Farmers [...]
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Bringing layers to Tanzanian Women
12 Feb 2018
As part of a market awareness initiative to demonstrate the value of the dual purpose bird’s egg laying capacity, women’s groups from various villages in the Iringa, Tanzania area were brought together for presentations and talks regarding the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative. To [...]
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On the road, in Tanzania
20 Oct 2017
Here are some photos I took while in Tanzania. The set of farms we visited were for data collection, as we are conducting a baseline survey for poultry producers there. We have a long journey ahead of us to help growers manage flourishing flocks in Tanzania, and are thankful for the program [...]
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The 2017 Poultry Africa Conference
12 Oct 2017
On Octber 4-5th, I was fortunate to attend the 2017 Poultry Africa conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Here I am with Dr. Anthony Akunzule of Ghana, an old friend of the WPF. To learn more about this conference, you can visit their website: http://www.poultryafrica2017.com/ – Richard Fritz
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