From the Field

The WPF staff had the opportunity to visit poultry producers in the Morogoro Region in Tanzania (196 kg west of Dar es Salaam).  The team visited several villages where Mother Units (also known as Brooding Units) were growing Sasso birds to 28 days and then selling them to neighboring farmers and villages.  ...

Penye nia pana njia is a Swahili saying which means “when there is a willing there is a way”. Prisca John resides in a famous village called Mdaula besides the main road heading to Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania. The town is very close to Chalinze town, 110 kilometers away ...

While visiting in Nigeria, World Poutlry Foundation CEO, Randall Ennis, and others had the opportunity to go visit with mother units and smallholder farmers in the rural villages. While in Nigeria, they traveled to the Ilesa community in Osun State and the Igangan village in Ogun State. They saw first-hand ...

A travel note from Randall Ennis, CEO of World Poultry Foundation: On my last visit to Nigeria, I had the opportunity to go to several villages to talk with farmers and observe the Noiler bird under field conditions. During our visit, we stopped ain the villages of Abatan, Alapako, and ...

A travel note from Randall Ennis, CEO of World Poultry Foundation: On my latest visit to Tanzania, I had the opportunity to observe a marketing awareness and messaging to a women’s group in the Pwani village in Tanzania. The presentation was about the value of dual-purpose birds in the ...

Travel Note: January 30-31 2019 Randall Ennis and Johan van Arendonk, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Breeding Operations from Hendrix Genetics, met in Kolkata (Calcutta) India on in January 2019 to visit with smallholder farmers to review the Kuroiler performance under harsh conditions. The Kuroiler adapts and performs exceptionally well under ...

A travel note from Randall Ennis, CEO of World Poultry Foundation: On December 7, 2018, I went with Korede Afolabi and his team from Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery to visit with smallholder farmers in the villages of Ayegunle and Alouge in the Ogunmakin region of Nigeria. We had the opportunity to meet ...

In our latest trip to Tanzania, the World Poultry Foundation CFO, Gordon Gossett, went with me to get a first-hand view of the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative project and to meet with all of our partners. During this trip, we visited many rural farmers around Iringa, Njombe, and Dar es ...

In July, I had the privilege of traveling to Nigeria with Mike Welch, the World Poultry Foundation’s Vice Chairman. Together, we visited Nigeria to meet with our partner in the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative project. We are pleased with the progress and the impact of the project is now ...

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 leadership, teams and contractors are, so ...

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 Poultry Foundation’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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