LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED COUNTRIES-MINISTER

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in Charge of Livestock Anna Nyamekye has advised countries wanting to embark on tsetse eradication to learn from those that have benefited from the African Development Bank (ADB) in order not to make mistakes in project formulation and implementation. Some of the achievements on work in Ghana three years form the date of implementation of the project is minimal because of the effective communication with the ADB in matters relating to procurement and adjustment to strategies in attaining project objectives. She said this at the opening of Pan African Tsetse and Trypansomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) Coordinator at the MIKLIN Hotel in Accra. "It is important to dispassionately evaluate your achievement in relation to what is expected of you in the agreement signed with ADB".Nyamekye called on actors to take immediate steps to address unforeseen circumstances that are likely to jeopardize the attainment of the objective of the current project. A critical issue to address is the demand for Sterile Males for the Sterile Insect technique vis-à-vis their availability. I urge all to take bold steps to rectify any lapses you might observe in the project designed and to take full advantage of the information that have been gathered since the project implementation People have also been trained in community based Tsetse suppression coupled with spraying of community based grounds to be complemented with the sequential Aerosol Technique (SAT). She called on countries involve to do their best to excel. The PATTEC Coordinator, African Union Commission Dr.John Kabayo said PATTEC is the description of a problem that is one of Africa's greatest constraints to socio-economic development. It is the campaign that is intended to highlight the great impact of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis on the lives and livelihood of the entire communities on our continent. It is important for the fight of it to make Africa well to do country to achieve various targeted goals. Trypanosomiasis transmitted by tsetse flies has been identified by policy makers as on of the major constraint to agriculture production and livestock production in the humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa. The conference which started on the 11th November this year will end on the Friday 14th African. Afraican Development Bank has been the major sponsor.So far the disease can be found in 37 African countries.