FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Operations (ECTAD) for Eastern Africa has been operating in the region since 2007. The Unit is a decentralised office of ECTAD core Unit based at FAO HQ in Rome, which combines a wealth of technical expertise and operational capacity in a holistic approach to animal health crises, drawing experts from FAO’s Animal Health and the Emergency Operations divisions, under the leadership of the FAO Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO).

Many poultry stakeholders including researchers have produced valuable information necessary for improved poultry production. This journal contains such valuable information and includes topics such as; Poultry genetic resources in the context of HPAI, Improving the brooding management of local guinea fowl, Effect of charcoal of some plants on the production performances of broiler, Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease among village chickens.