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

Livestock innovation systems: Research contributions from ILRI over the decades
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Livestock innovation systems: Research contributions from ILRI over the decades

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In this presentation, given at the Tropentag 2014 conference, Ann Waters-Bayer, a former ILRI researcher, looks back on her experiences of working with ILCA/ILRI, the impact of livestock innovation systems research and its role in driving development processes that improve the livelihoods of rural and urban resource-poor families. Continue reading →

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

ILRI international staff appointments: July–August 2014
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ILRI international staff appointments: July–August 2014

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Songe Mwansa joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as a post-doctoral fellow-epidemiologist/ food safety expert on 1 July 2014. Her role in this position is to assess the food safety and related issues in marginalized communities in the Western Province of Zambia. Mwansa is a veterinary pathologist and fish health specialist and has worked as a … 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 →

ILRI@tropentag 2014: Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security and healthy lives
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ILRI@tropentag 2014: Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security and healthy lives

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On 18 September, as part of its events marking 40 years of international livestock research, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) holds a side event at Tropentag 2014 on Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security and healthy lives. It will highlight products of livestock research contributing to the global development agenda, from generating research products (performing) to targeting research investments and policymaking (informing) to reshaping whole livestock production systems (transforming). Continue reading →

New studies on MERS coronavirus and camels in eastern Africa published
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New studies on MERS coronavirus and camels in eastern Africa published

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Two new papers on MERS (Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome) coronavirus and camels in Eastern Africa have been published in the science journal ‘Emerging Infectious Diseases’; three of the authors are ILRI scientists. Continue reading →

Scottish and Kenya scientists in new alliance to improve animal breeding and health in developing countries
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Scottish and Kenya scientists in new alliance to improve animal breeding and health in developing countries

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Challenges faced by livestock farmers in tropical developing countries are the focus of a new alliance involving researchers from Scotland and Africa. The new Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health will initially focus on the use of genetic information to improve the health and productivity of farmed animals in tropical climates. Continue reading →