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Addis Ababa conference marks 40-year anniversary of world’s leading livestock-research-for-development institute
Directorate / Ethiopia / Event / Food Security / Human Health / ILRI / ILRI40 / Livestock / Poultry / Poverty / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

Addis Ababa conference marks 40-year anniversary of world’s leading livestock-research-for-development institute

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To mark 40 years of international research this year, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been facilitating a series of events highlighting the ways livestock research advances the global development agenda, specifically for food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives. This Thursday and Friday (6–7 Nov 2014), ILRI is hosting a two-day high-profile conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where ILRI has a principal campus and has carried out livestock research for development for the last four decades. Continue reading →

African animal agriculture: Grasping opportunities as a great livestock transition gets under way
Africa / Animal Production / Animal Products / Directorate / Event / ILRI / ILRI40 / Kenya / Presentation / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

African animal agriculture: Grasping opportunities as a great livestock transition gets under way

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ILRI director general Jimmy Smith made a keynote presentation at the 6th All African Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA), held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya, 27–29 Oct 2014. The slide presentation is above and a summary below. Continue reading →

A major presentation on ‘the power of livestock’ to transform today’s resource-scarce agricultural lands
Agriculture / Animal Production / Brazil / China / Consumption / Directorate / Environment / Event / ILRI / ILRI40 / Intensification / Livestock Systems / Niger / Nutrition / Presentation / Spotlight

A major presentation on ‘the power of livestock’ to transform today’s resource-scarce agricultural lands

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A major presentation was made at a special side event at the Borlaug Dialogue, in Iowa, on 15 Oct 2014. The side event was hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) as part of a series marking ILRI’s 40-year anniversary this year. The presentation was made by Chris Delgado, who in 1999 led ground-breaking studies showing that a ‘Livestock Revolution’ was taking place in the global South. Continue reading →

In Des Moines for the World Food Prize? Join the special BMGF-ILRI livestock roundtable this evening, 15 Oct
Animal Feeding / Animal Production / Directorate / Environment / Event / Food Security / ILRI / ILRI40 / Livestock / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

In Des Moines for the World Food Prize? Join the special BMGF-ILRI livestock roundtable this evening, 15 Oct

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If you’re in Des Moines, Iowa, this week for the World Food Prize (16 Oct 2014) and Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium (15–17 Oct 2014), please join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) this evening (Wed, 15 Oct), at 7:30 pm (19:30 CTZ), for a lively roundtable discussion on Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security. Continue reading →

ILRI turns 40: Nairobi headquarters marks the anniversary
Africa / Animal Breeding / Animal Diseases / Animal Feeding / Animal Production / Capacity Strengthening / Directorate / Event Report / Food Security / ILRI / ILRI40 / Innovation Systems / Insurance / Markets / Policy / Research / Spotlight

ILRI turns 40: Nairobi headquarters marks the anniversary

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Highlights of the 40-year anniversary event of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) held at the institute’s headquarters in the Kabete suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, last week (1 Oct 2014). Continue reading →

Getting agriculture ‘back on the table’: CGIAR Development Dialogues today in New York
Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / Directorate / Event / Food Security / ILRI / LIVESTOCKFISH / Nutrition / Poverty / Research / Spotlight

Getting agriculture ‘back on the table’: CGIAR Development Dialogues today in New York

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Scientists, politicians and donor agents are gathering today at a high-level meeting in New York called CGIAR Development Dialogues. The aim of CGIAR, a global alliance of agricultural science for a food-secure future, in hosting this conference is to sharpen the world’s attention on the vital roles of agriculture, livestock, fisheries, landscapes and food systems in sustainable development. Continue reading →

Mixing crops and livestock: Means for global food and nutritional security
Animal Production / Crop-Livestock / Directorate / Farming Systems / Food Security / ILRI / ILRI40 / Intensification / Livestock Systems / Nutrition / Presentation / Spotlight

Mixing crops and livestock: Means for global food and nutritional security

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A slide presentation ILRI director general Jimmy Smith presented last July on why we should care about the world’s ‘so-called ‘mixed’ crop-and-livestock agricultural systems. Continue reading →

Natural resources: Abundant or scarce? (That would depend on just how ‘natural’ we think human resources are)
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Natural resources: Abundant or scarce? (That would depend on just how ‘natural’ we think human resources are)

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The topic of this year’s Tropentag International Conference, being held in Prague, Czech Republic, and which opened today, is ‘Bridging the gap between increasing knowledge and decreasing resources’. Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), gave a keynote presentation at the opening titled The interplay of knowledge and natural resources: Health, wealth and environmental benefits of livestock. Continue reading →

Livestock options to meet development goals: ILRI side event at Tropentag Conference in Prague
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Livestock options to meet development goals: ILRI side event at Tropentag Conference in Prague

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A side event at the Tropentag 2014 International Conference, being held at the Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, is being organized tomorrow, 18 Sep 2014, from 1400–1530, by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Continue reading →