Author Archives: David Aronson

The power of ideas: New ways of thinking about gender can improve development outcomes
Agriculture / Gender / GENDERPLATFORM / Impact / Impact Assessment / Interview / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKCRP / Markets / Women

The power of ideas: New ways of thinking about gender can improve development outcomes

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What does it mean to take gender seriously in development—and specifically in agriculture and livestock development? How can the international community promote economic development in ways that are both culturally sensitive and substantively equitable? What kinds of power are available to women in various cultural and economic contexts and how can these be reinforced? Continue reading →

‘A chance to reimagine life in a way that creates greater dignity for all’
Advocacy / Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Biodiversity / Communications / COVID19 / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Event / Food Systems / OneHealth / Resilience / Zoonotic Diseases

‘A chance to reimagine life in a way that creates greater dignity for all’

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In a spirited and at times defiantly hopeful presentation at the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) weekly digital town hall meeting on 14 May, David Nabarro, a special envoy to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General on COVID-19, called the virus causing the disease ‘beastly’ and ‘single-minded’, but said that the pandemic ultimately represents … Continue reading →

Global diagnosis – one health approach necessary
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Global diagnosis – one health approach necessary

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The acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy has written that the ongoing tragedy of COVID-19 is a sort of global X-ray, exposing the weak or broken elements under the surface of the world’s economic and health systems. One of those elements, arguably, is a failure to bring enough financial and institutional resources to bear on One … Continue reading →

ILRI’s response to the pandemic: A deepening engagement with the press and policymakers
Africa / Animal Diseases / CGIAR / Communications / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Human Health / ILRI / LIVESTOCKCRP / Policy / Research / Zoonotic Diseases

ILRI’s response to the pandemic: A deepening engagement with the press and policymakers

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ILRI is launching an initiative to share, as broadly as possible, its research on issues related to COVID-19 with the media, policymakers and the public, and to make its experts available to comment on fast-moving developments in the field. Continue reading →

Governor Mutua visits Kapiti Research Station
Advocacy / Africa / Agriculture / Article / Directorate / East Africa / ILRIComms

Governor Mutua visits Kapiti Research Station

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The governor of Machakos County, Dr. Alfred Mutua, visited the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) Kapiti Research Station on Thursday, 27 February. ‘It was an eye-opening trip and I look forward to visiting them again,’ he said. Governor Mutua visited Kapiti at the invitation of ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith. ‘We wanted the governor to … Continue reading →

We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable
Agri-Health / AHH / Directorate / Disease Control / Epidemiology / Human Health / ILRI / Livestock Systems / Opinion Piece / Policy / Research / Zoonotic Diseases

We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable

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‘Until we start thinking of human and animal health as linked, another coronavirus is inevitable’, warns Jimmy Smith, the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) director general in an op-ed published 26 February in the Independent. Continue reading →

ILRI’s Tarawali to speak on livestock and sustainable development at Edinburgh
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ILRI’s Tarawali to speak on livestock and sustainable development at Edinburgh

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Shirley Tarawali, assistant director general for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), will be speaking on the role of livestock in sustainable development at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security in Edinburgh, Scotland on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 at 4 pm local time (7 pm East Africa time). Continue reading →

Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?
Agriculture / Animal Diseases / ASF / China / News clipping / Vaccines

Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?

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A recent article by Katarina Zimmer in The Scientist examines how close we are to developing a vaccine to prevent African swine fever (ASF). It contains an extended discussion of the work of Lucilla Steinaa, an immunologist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Steinaa has been focusing on the specific types of the swine … Continue reading →

How a deadly outbreak unveiled the key to safer food
Agriculture / Animal Products / Food Safety / Food Security / News clipping

How a deadly outbreak unveiled the key to safer food

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A recent article by Nancy Averett in Scientific African Magazine discusses how incidents of food poisoning in African cities may  public awareness of food safety and kindle a citizens’ movement for safer foods. It focuses in part on the work of ILRI’s Delia Grace:  Food safety researchers like Delia Grace of the International Livestock Research Institute, … Continue reading →