Category Archives: Pro-Poor Livestock

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: A Mongolian proposal to the UN for 2026
Advocacy / Article / Drylands / Environment / Livestock / Livestock Productivity / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Rangelands

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: A Mongolian proposal to the UN for 2026

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On 2 Oct 2020, the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), after more than 50 governments and 150 organizations from every continent expressed their support, endorsed the Mongolian Government’s proposal to declare an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026. Continue reading →

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot
Agri-Health / Disease Control / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pastoralism / PIL / PPR / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Small Ruminants / West Africa

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot

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The Epidemiology and Control of peste des petits ruminants (ECo-PPR) project team designed 5-10-minute videos for 10 tools with built in activities and resources to support the training of veterinarians, socio-economists and lab technicians in West Africa and East Africa. Continue reading →

Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children
ACGG / Agri-Health / Chickens / Consumption / Diet / Disease Control / East Africa / Ethiopia / Gender / Human Health / ILRI / Nutrition / Pro-Poor Livestock / Science paper / Spotlight / Women

Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children

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ILRI animal geneticist/breeder Tadelle Dessie is one of many authors of a new paper in the Journal of Nutrition that is based on an intervention made by the African Chicken Genetic Gains project in Ethiopia, led by Dessie. Among the main findings of the paper are that a chicken production intervention with or without nutrition-sensitive behavior change communication may have benefited child nutrition and did not increase morbidity. Continue reading →

New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’
Animal Feeding / Cattle / Consumption / Dairying / East Africa / Feed Technology / Feeds / FFD / Forages / Gender / ILRI / Kenya / Launch / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Spotlight / Women

New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’

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Yesterday (7 Sep 2020), ILRI and four partners—Bidco Land O’Lakes, Corteva Agriscience, Forage Genetics International (FGI) and Land O’Lakes Venture37—announced their new alliance in a project to strengthen dairy production in central Kenya. The project aims to help 5,000 smallholder dairy women to advance their sustainable farming practices and to ease the shortage of dairy products in the country. Continue reading →

Laughter, the universal language
Agri-Health / Disease Control / Gender / Goats / ILRI / Opinion Piece / Pastoralism / PIL / PPR / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Senegal / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Spotlight / West Africa / Women

Laughter, the universal language

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I’m a gender researcher working on a project to control peste des petits ruminants (PPR). I have wondered what our international agricultural research would be like if we researchers and the farmers/herders we work with and for could all understand each other perfectly. Continue reading →

‘Invisible livestock’ – On the central roles of working horses, donkeys and mules on the smallholder farms that feed the world
Advocacy / Agriculture / Drylands / Food Security / GLAD / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Opinion Piece / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Vulnerability

‘Invisible livestock’ – On the central roles of working horses, donkeys and mules on the smallholder farms that feed the world

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It is time that working horses, donkeys and mules received the recognition that they deserve. Without it, decision-makers cannot fully claim they are listening to the 500 million smallholder farmers that feed and secure livelihoods for some of the poorest communities around the world. Continue reading →

Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist
Capacity Strengthening / East Africa / Ethiopia / Genetics / ILRI / IPMS / LIVES / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight / Staff

Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist

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It is with as much shock as sorrow that we report the untimely death of Azage Tegegne, a leading Ethiopian livestock scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who retired from ILRI just last June after more than 30 years of distinguished service to the institute. Azage died after a short illness in his home country, Ethiopia, on 12 January 2020. Continue reading →

Two animated shorts on practical steps to improve animal welfare and reduce drug resistance in poor countries
A4NH / Agri-Health / AMR / Animal Health / Film and Video / Kenya / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Spotlight

Two animated shorts on practical steps to improve animal welfare and reduce drug resistance in poor countries

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Start this new year (and decade) right. Watch these two little animated films for practical advice on how to prevent both animal suffering and the spread of drug resistance in germs of people and livestock. Continue reading →