Category Archives: Animal Feeding

Closer, smarter integration of crops, animals and soils has bolstered food security, livelihoods and incomes in rural Zimbabwe
Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / ASSP / Cattle / Crop-Livestock / DRYLANDSCRP / Event Report / Extension / Fodder / Food Security / Forages / Goats / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Legumes / LIVESTOCKCRP / LIVESTOCKFISH / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Soils / Southern Africa / Spotlight / Zimbabwe

Closer, smarter integration of crops, animals and soils has bolstered food security, livelihoods and incomes in rural Zimbabwe

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Partners and funders of a research-for-development project in rural Zimbabwe called ‘ZimCLIFS’ yesterday (18 Sep 2017) convened in the capital, Harare, to take stock of how small-scale mixed crop-and-livestock farmers improved their food and nutritional security and their livelihoods in four main districts (Goromonzi, Murewa, Gwanda and Nkayi, from 2012 to 2017) and in two spillover districts (Mutoko and Uzumba, from 2015 to 2017). Continue reading →

New factories in Nigeria transform cassava peels into livestock feed, creating jobs and incomes for women
Agriculture / Animal Feeding / Crop Residues / Crop-Livestock / Crops / Event / Feeds / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRI / Intensification / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Research / SLS / Value Chains / West Africa

New factories in Nigeria transform cassava peels into livestock feed, creating jobs and incomes for women

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A delegation comprising IFAD staff visited the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) cassava processing sites at Lokongoma, Wushishi (Niger State) and Idogodo, Okpokwu (Benue State) in late July, 2017 to discuss progress with this important project. Continue reading →

Lifetime performance of West African dwarf goats under different feeding systems
Animal Feeding / Article / Feeds / Fodder / Forages / Goats / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / Livestock / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKCRP / Research / SLS / Small Ruminants / West Africa

Lifetime performance of West African dwarf goats under different feeding systems

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An article in ‘Animal’ compares the lifetime performance (mortality, maturity, nutrition, birth weight etc.) of West African Dwarf goats kept under various feeding systems. Continue reading →

India’s Odisha State and ILRI join forces to improve livestock feeding and mechanization
Animal Feeding / Buffalo / Cattle / Crop Residues / Dairying / Event Report / Feeds / FFD / Fodder / Forages / Goats / ILRI / India / Launch / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Sheep / Small Ruminants / South Asia / Spotlight

India’s Odisha State and ILRI join forces to improve livestock feeding and mechanization

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A three-year ILRI-Odisha State project, ‘Feed and Fodder Production in Different Agro-Climatic Zones and its Utilization for Livestock of Odisha,’ which is worth more than USD2 million (INR18.08 crore), will map feed and fodder supply and demand, improve feeding practices and build capacity of key players in the feed value chain in the state. Continue reading →

The multiple benefits of livestock are in focus this week as experts meet in Ethiopia
Animal Breeding / Animal Diseases / Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / Animal Products / Directorate / Ethiopia / Event Report / Food Security / ILRI / ILRIComms / Policy / Poverty / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

The multiple benefits of livestock are in focus this week as experts meet in Ethiopia

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More than 250 livestock experts from over 50 countries are exploring ways of ensuring that the long-term benefits of livestock contribute to sustainable development. They’re participating in the 7th Multi-Stakeholder Partnership meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL), in Ethiopia, this week. The 8–12 May 2017 meeting was officially opened by His Excellency Professor Fekadu Beyene, Ethiopia’s minister for livestock and fisheries, on Monday in the capital, Addis Ababa. Continue reading →

Creating a science hub in Ethiopia
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Creating a science hub in Ethiopia

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With the opening of the latest high-tech forage genebank and bioscience research facilities, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Ethiopia is well on the way to realizing it dream of becoming a major science hub in eastern Africa. Speaking at the beginning of the launch of the new facilities yesterday, Siboniso Moyo, representative in Ethiopia for the ILRI director general, spoke of the new facilities as the beginning of a drive to upscale facilities on the campus. Continue reading →

ILRI opens state-of-the-art genebank and bioscience facilities in Ethiopia
Animal Feeding / Biodiversity / Biotechnology / Capacity Strengthening / CGIAR / Ethiopia / Event / Feeds / FFD / Forages / ILRI / Launch / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

ILRI opens state-of-the-art genebank and bioscience facilities in Ethiopia

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) officially opens state-of-the-art facilities for genebank and bioscience research on 24 April 2017. The facilities will help protect a crucial component of the planet’s biodiversity—the diverse grasses and legumes that feed the world’s food animals. Research conducted here on livestock feed materials improves the sustainability and productivity of the livestock sector in many low-income countries across the world. Continue reading →

Brachiaria grass can help Kenya’s dryland food producers improve their soils and yields under a changing climate
Agriculture / Animal Feeding / BecA / Crop-Livestock / Drought / Drylands / East Africa / Feeds / Forages / ILRI / Kenya / Pro-Poor Livestock / Rangelands / Science paper / Soils / Spotlight

Brachiaria grass can help Kenya’s dryland food producers improve their soils and yields under a changing climate

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Results of a recent study by the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub (BecA-ILRI Hub) and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), both based in Nairobi, indicate that the many people farming in Kenya’s semi-arid regions would profit in many ways from planting drought-tolerant Brachiaria grass. Continue reading →

Beef value chain actors reap big gains from new financing in Southern Africa
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Beef value chain actors reap big gains from new financing in Southern Africa

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Efforts by research and development partners are offering renewed hope for livestock financing in Southern Africa. This was revealed at an International Conference on Livestock Value Chain Finance and Access to Credit, organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in partnership with the Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (SWADE) and Swaziland’s Micro Finance Unit (MFU) 21-23 Feb 2017. Continue reading →

Livestock feeds and forages – highlights from ILRI’s corporate report 2015–2016
Animal Feeding / ASSP / Corporate Report / Crop Residues / Feeds / FFD / Forages / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / LIVESTOCKFISH / Research

Livestock feeds and forages – highlights from ILRI’s corporate report 2015–2016

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The experience of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partner scientists in 2015–2016 shows the positive benefits of implementing pioneering research and development interventions that increase the overall quantity and nutritional quality of feed biomass and help smooth seasonal feed variability, creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for smallholder livestock keepers. But the real scope for spreading the knowledge in this research lies in the development of on- and off-line tools that can be used by isolated smallholder farmers in accessing approaches for assessing feed constraints and developing effective feed and forage improvement interventions. Continue reading →