Press release: Urgent action needed to close the ‘livestock data gap’ to address poverty and food insecurity
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Press release: Urgent action needed to close the ‘livestock data gap’ to address poverty and food insecurity

Originally posted on ILRI Asia:
Missing or poor livestock data limits development opportunities, according to a community of experts who are joining forces to confront the challenge. 28 November 2018 – HANOI: Better data is urgently needed for improving livestock health and productivity in Vietnam and the rest of the world, according to experts who…

This week: A global event on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
A4NH / Advocacy / Agriculture / AHH / Consumption / Event / Food Security / ILRI / Nutrition / Policy / Poverty / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight / Thailand

This week: A global event on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition

A senior delegation from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is supporting and engaging in this week’s (2830 Nov 2018) global conference on ‘Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition’, in Bangkok. Continue reading

A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa
Africa / Consumption / Data / East Africa / Human Health / IBLI / ILRI / Kenya / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nutrition / Project / SLS

A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are implementing a project on ‘Improving Dietary and Health Data for Decision-making in Agriculture and Nutrition Actions in Africa’ with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Continue reading

One Health: Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and food security in focus for SIGHT Award 2018
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One Health: Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and food security in focus for SIGHT Award 2018

Originally posted on ILRI Asia:
Johanna Lindahl, senior scientist in veterinary-epidemiology, is awarded the SIGHT Award 2018 and SEK 100 000 from the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation, SIGHT. The prize is awarded for excellent scientific contribution to global health. Lindahl is an associate professor and active at the International Livestock Research Institute, the…

Joint village land use planning secures over 95,000 hectares of grazing lands for livestock keepers in Tanzania’s Kiteto District
Article / Drylands / Environment / Farming Systems / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Research / SLS / Southern Africa / Tanzania

Joint village land use planning secures over 95,000 hectares of grazing lands for livestock keepers in Tanzania’s Kiteto District

Originally posted on Sustainable livestock systems:
The Tanzania Agricultural and Livestock Policy of 1997 identifies overstocking and overgrazing, as well as a lack of innovative options for meeting the needs of mobile and sedentary pastoralists as some of the major challenges facing the nation’s pastoralists. To date, these challenges affect the quality of life of…