Category Archives: Africa

On what (and how and when) to measure when measuring impacts of agricultural research for development
Africa / Agriculture / Asia / Capacity Strengthening / CGIAR / Directorate / Environment / Event Report / Food Security / Gender / ILRI / Impact Assessment / NRM / Nutrition / PIM / Policy / Poverty / Presentation / Research / Scaling / Spotlight

On what (and how and when) to measure when measuring impacts of agricultural research for development

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By ILRI’s Iain Wright: On 6–8 Jul 2017, I attended a conference at ICRAF on Impacts of International Agricultural Research: Rigorous Evidence for Policy organized jointly by the CGIAR ISPC’s SPIA and PIM. I welcomed the delegates at this meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on behalf of ICRAF and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the two CGIAR centres headquartered in Nairobi. A modified version of my address and personal reflections on impact assessment in CGIAR follows. Continue reading →

Following the vaccine that wiped out rinderpest, a new vaccine against sheep and goat plague proves promising
Africa / AHH / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Asia / BecA / Disease Control / Goats / ILRI / ILVAC / PPR / Science paper / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Spotlight / Vaccines

Following the vaccine that wiped out rinderpest, a new vaccine against sheep and goat plague proves promising

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A new paper by researchers at ILRI describes development of an effective experimental and thermostable vaccine against ‘peste des petits ruminants’, or PPR for short, a disease more commonly known as sheep and goat plague. Continue reading →

Six new papers on the ancient, complex and everlasting farm animal–zoonotic disease–human well-being nexus
A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Health / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Environment / Epidemiology / FSZ / Human Health / ILRI / Pro-Poor Livestock / RVF / Science paper / Spotlight / Vaccines / Zoonotic Diseases

Six new papers on the ancient, complex and everlasting farm animal–zoonotic disease–human well-being nexus

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Six new high-level publications by scientists and partners of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) on zoonoses, livestock and well-being. Continue reading →

Simplistic livestock solutions no help for poor people in transition from smallholders to ‘smartholders’
Africa / Asia / Australia / Directorate / ILRI / Opinion Piece / Policy / Presentation / Pro-Poor Livestock / Research / Spotlight

Simplistic livestock solutions no help for poor people in transition from smallholders to ‘smartholders’

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Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), who previously led the World Bank’s global livestock portfolio, was in Australia last week, talking to ILRI’s scientific colleagues and donor representatives in Canberra and Melbourne. ILRI is chaired by Australian Lindsay Falvey and its patron is Australian Nobel Prize laureate Peter Doherty. Continue reading →

The legacy of Norman Borlaug: Alive and well at the International Livestock Research Institute
Africa / Agriculture / BecA / Capacity Strengthening / CGIAR / Directorate / Event Report / Food Security / ILRI / ILRIComms / Insurance / Research / SLS / Spotlight

The legacy of Norman Borlaug: Alive and well at the International Livestock Research Institute

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ILRI was honoured by a visit this week to ILRI by Julie Borlaug (left) and Jeannie Borlaug Laube, granddaugher and daughter of Norman Borlaug, respectively. Continue reading →

New Nutrition Knowledge Bank gives direct access to expert nutritional advice via mobile phones
A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / Agriculture / AHH / Asia / Bangladesh / CapDev / Communications / Gender / Ghana / Human Health / ILRI / Kenya / Malawi / Mozambique / Nigeria / Nutrition / Project / Spotlight / Tanzania / Uganda / Zambia

New Nutrition Knowledge Bank gives direct access to expert nutritional advice via mobile phones

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A new open-access Nutrition Knowledge Bank has been created as part of a GSMA mNutrition initiative to help tackle malnutrition in Africa and Asia. This collection of content on good nutritional practices includes factsheets and mobile messages for anyone to download and use. Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the mNutrition project aims to deliver nutrition information to 3 million people in 12 developing countries. Continue reading →

Kenyan accepts 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application at World Food Prize Event in Iowa
Africa / Animal Production / Award / CCAFS / CGIAR / Climate Change / Drought / Drylands / Ethiopia / Food Security / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Livelihoods / Pastoralism / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Rangelands / Resilience / SLS / Spotlight

Kenyan accepts 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application at World Food Prize Event in Iowa

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Andrew Mude, an economist and principal scientist at ILRI, is being presented with the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application today, 12 Oct 2016, for his work leading an innovative livestock insurance program that employs satellite data to help protect livestock herding communities in the Horn of Africa from the devastating effects of drought. Continue reading →

Cloned bull could contribute to development of disease-resistant African cattle
Africa / Animal Breeding / Article / Biotechnology / Cattle / CTLGH / Disease Control / Genetics / ILRI / Kenya / LiveGene / LIVESTOCKFISH / Project / Spotlight / Trypanosomiasis

Cloned bull could contribute to development of disease-resistant African cattle

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A note in a scientific journal gives an update on long-term research to develop African cattle resistant to the Africa animal disease known as trypanosomiasis. The aim of this research is to help reduce widespread poverty and hunger on the continent by improving livestock livelihoods. Continue reading →

‘One Health for the Real World’ (or, ‘real livestock for real global wellbeing’)
A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / Animal Diseases / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Event Report / FSZ / Human Health / ILRI / Launch / Project / Report / RVF / Spotlight / Trypanosomiasis / Zoonotic Diseases

‘One Health for the Real World’ (or, ‘real livestock for real global wellbeing’)

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Twenty organizations, including ILRI, made up the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium, which from 2012 to 2015 coordinated research exploring the relations among African ecosystems and zoonotic diseases—those transmitted between animals and people—that impinge on ecosystem, human and animal wellbeing. Continue reading →