Author Archives: Paul Karaimu

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: A Mongolian proposal to the UN for 2026
Advocacy / Article / Drylands / Environment / Livestock / Livestock Productivity / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Rangelands

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: A Mongolian proposal to the UN for 2026

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On 2 Oct 2020, the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), after more than 50 governments and 150 organizations from every continent expressed their support, endorsed the Mongolian Government’s proposal to declare an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026. Continue reading →

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot
Agri-Health / Disease Control / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pastoralism / PIL / PPR / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Small Ruminants / West Africa

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot

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The Epidemiology and Control of peste des petits ruminants (ECo-PPR) project team designed 5-10-minute videos for 10 tools with built in activities and resources to support the training of veterinarians, socio-economists and lab technicians in West Africa and East Africa. Continue reading →

COVID-19 and the livestock sector: A wake-up call to optimize sustainable livestock production
Advocacy / Agriculture / Climate Change / COVID19 / Directorate / Environment / Event Report / Food Security / Food Systems / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock Systems

COVID-19 and the livestock sector: A wake-up call to optimize sustainable livestock production

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How do we optimize livestock production systems to meet a growing global demand for food and nutritional security in economic, social and environmentally sustainable ways? Continue reading →

The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann
Agri-Health / Animal Health / COVID19 / Directorate / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Event Report / Film and Video / Human Health / ILRI / Spotlight / Zoonotic Diseases

The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann

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David Heymann, who has worked for more than 20 years with the World Health Organization (WHO), here gives his outlook on the current COVID-19 pandemic at an online weekly ‘Round-up’ meeting of ILRI on 28 Aug 2020. Continue reading →

COVID-19 and the brain
A4NH / AHH / COVID19 / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Human Health / ILRI / OneHealth / UK / Zoonotic Diseases

COVID-19 and the brain

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One common COVID-19 complication is altered mental state, which may be the result of encephalitis – swelling of the brain – caused by the virus itself, or by the body’s immune response to the virus. The latest news about the link between COVID-19 and neurological complications can be found by visiting the Brain Infections Global COVID-Neuro website or following Professor Solomon on Twitter @RunningMadProf. Continue reading →

‘Invisible livestock’ – On the central roles of working horses, donkeys and mules on the smallholder farms that feed the world
Advocacy / Agriculture / Drylands / Food Security / GLAD / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Opinion Piece / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Vulnerability

‘Invisible livestock’ – On the central roles of working horses, donkeys and mules on the smallholder farms that feed the world

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It is time that working horses, donkeys and mules received the recognition that they deserve. Without it, decision-makers cannot fully claim they are listening to the 500 million smallholder farmers that feed and secure livelihoods for some of the poorest communities around the world. Continue reading →

Getting up close and personal: Building on long-standing CGIAR collaboration, a delegation of diplomats tours advanced livestock science facilities in Nairobi
Advocacy / Article / BecA / CGIAR / Directorate / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Mazingira / Research

Getting up close and personal: Building on long-standing CGIAR collaboration, a delegation of diplomats tours advanced livestock science facilities in Nairobi

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On Thursday 5 December 2019, a high-level delegation of Nairobi-based diplomats visited the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to learn more about the its work in Kenya and across the world. Continue reading →

Scaling better and faster: towards a new framework for international livestock research
Agriculture / Crop-Livestock / Event Report / ILRI / ISP / Livestock / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKCRP / Research / Scaling

Scaling better and faster: towards a new framework for international livestock research

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More than ever, ILRI researchers are thinking and acting on scaling. ILRI’s Impact at Scale program is working on a framework to enable ILRI and partners to scale better, quicker and in a more consistent manner across ILRI’s entire program portfolio. Continue reading →