Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), received a doctorate with honoris causa and gave the commencement speech at the University of Melbourne, Australia on 6 Dec 2018. Continue reading
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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
This week: A global event on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
A senior delegation from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is supporting and engaging in this week’s (2830 Nov 2018) global conference on ‘Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition’, in Bangkok. Continue reading
Thirty percent of ILRI genebank collections now safely duplicated at the global seed vault in Norway
Last month, the ILRI Forage Genebank delivered a second set of 389 accessions of 69 species representing 25 forage genera to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway for safety duplication. 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
One Health: Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and food security in focus for SIGHT Award 2018
Originally posted on ILRI Asia:
Johanna Lindahl, senior scientist in veterinary-epidemiology, is awarded the SIGHT Award 2018 and SEK 100 000 from the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation, SIGHT. The prize is awarded for excellent scientific contribution to global health. Lindahl is an associate professor and active at the International Livestock Research Institute, the…
Joint village land use planning secures over 95,000 hectares of grazing lands for livestock keepers in Tanzania’s Kiteto District
Originally posted on Sustainable livestock systems:
The Tanzania Agricultural and Livestock Policy of 1997 identifies overstocking and overgrazing, as well as a lack of innovative options for meeting the needs of mobile and sedentary pastoralists as some of the major challenges facing the nation’s pastoralists. To date, these challenges affect the quality of life of…