From the Field

This article appears in full in The Season from the College of Agriculture at Auburn University.  Read the full article here.   By Laura Cauthen, Auburn University College of Agriculture Randall Ennis, a 1983 Auburn University poultry science graduate who serves as CEO of the World Poultry Foundation, will deliver the ...

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 Sasso birds. The group was reviewing production practices and biosecurity ...

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 here. It was great to see these professionals ...

Contact: Ashley Wiskirchen | Marketing and Communications   Stone Mountain, Georgia. — In April of 2018, the World Poultry Foundation sponsored a two-day training workshop for field extension agents and veterinarians in Ethiopia. Training and educational programs are an essential part of the foundation’s mission. Hands-on training opportunities facilitated by professionals at ...

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 changes the APMI will bring to farmer ...

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 ...

Contact: Ashley Wiskirchen | Communications & Marketing   Stone Mountain, Georgia. — The World Poultry Foundation (WPF) has signed a second agreement with the KwaZulu-Natal Poultry Institute (KZNPI) in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. This agreement renews initiatives to conduct training programs for smallholder poultry growers and extension agents throughout the region.The agreement’...

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 [KZNPI] to conduct training, the following Sunday I signed our second agreement with the Future Farmers Foundation. We have provided ...

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 increase awareness of the laying potential ...

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 ...

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: Poultry Africa 2017 | Poultry Africa 2017 – Richard Fritz   [gallery ...

Though the infrastructure was tough, the people and poultry in Nigeria are doing well. It was great to visit and meet with poultry producers there. - Randall   [gallery size="medium" ids="6306,6305,6304,6303,6302,6301,6300,6299"]        

Visiting with one of our first pilot Mother Units in Tanzania. Her first batch was 500 birds and already pre-sold to smallholder farmers. At right, 4-week-old “Kuroilers” ready to be distributed to smallholder farmers. Birds are brooded, vaccinated, and fed and ready for the villages!! – Randall Ennis  

Walking in the rain in Nigeria to visit one of the parent stock facilities used to produce the low-input dual purpose breeds for the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative. Biosecurity is very important and the only way in was by walking. Unfortunately, this visit was during the rainy season… – Randall Ennis

International travel: not always as glamorous as it sounds! This April, several members of the World Poultry Foundation traveled to Nigeria and other parts of Africa to meet with locals and check on progress of several programs in development there. “One drawback of traveling internationally is that the taxis in ...