Tad Friend’s largely laudatory profile of Pat Brown’s Impossible Burger enterprise (‘Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change?’ September 30, 2019) raises important points about the environmental footprint of animal farming while passing along some questionable statistics. My concern is with its failure to recognize the essential contributions of sustainable livestock to development. Continue reading
Category Archives: Communications
FAO conference on global hunger to launch
More than 820 million people in the world are hungry today and an additional 1.3 billion suffer from moderate food insecurity, meaning they do not have regular access to nutritious food. Alarmingly, for the third straight year those numbers have risen, despite massive global commitments to reduce or end hunger and the harms, such as stunting and perilously low birthweight, associated with it. Continue reading
ILRI knowledge management recognized internationally
ILRI was awarded the 2019 International Knowledge Management Award by the Knowledge Management Austria at a ceremony held 25 Sept 2019 at the United Nations headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Continue reading
Advocating for livestock, say its supporters, requires stronger narratives as well as robust evidence
ILRI and the African Union Commission recently sponsored a breakout session at the 15th annual CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting on how investing in livestock can accelerate Africa’s economic transformation. Continue reading
ILRI annual report goes online
ILRI has has published its annual report for 2018, and for the first time in its publication history, the report is primarily online. Continue reading
MUST WATCH: Celebrating Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation
At tomorrow’s CGIAR Share Fair, a three-minute film will be launched that celebrates Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation. Watch it here. Continue reading
International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative launches website
ILRI announces the launch of the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative website: http://www.rangelandsinitiative.org. Continue reading
Why livestock matter – share your project change story
To help make the case for greater investment in sustainable livestock, the International Livestock Research Institute invites you to share stories from your work that show how livestock interventions, initiatives and investments make a positive difference to the lives and livelihoods of people and communities in developing countries. Continue reading
Livestock advocacy and communication: Making a greater whole
Shirley Tarawali, ILRI’s assistant director general, spoke about how to advocate more effectively for livestock Continue reading
Ten questions and answers about ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station
This brief Q&A is intended to set the record straight about what ILRI is, what we’re doing at Kapiti, and what makes our title to the land there so secure. Continue reading