Category Archives: Film and Video

Honouring One Health Day–short video statement from Nobel Laureate and ILRI Patron Peter Doherty
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Honouring One Health Day–short video statement from Nobel Laureate and ILRI Patron Peter Doherty

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Peter Doherty, an Australian veterinarian surgeon and researcher working in the field of medicine, who with his colleague Rolf Zinkernagel won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 and who today serves as a patron of ILRI, also supports the integrated work—and the tearing down of disciplinary silos—that One Health approaches demand. Continue reading →

High-level EC-IFAD delegation tours smallholder pig projects in Uganda
ASSP / East Africa / Event / Film and Video / ILRI / Ireland / LIVESTOCKFISH / Pigs / Spotlight / Uganda / Value Chains

High-level EC-IFAD delegation tours smallholder pig projects in Uganda

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Simon Lubega (left), manager of the Wambizzi Pig Cooperative Abattoir, in Uganda, in discussion with the EC’s Roberto Ridolfi (right) and other stakeholders during a tour of his biogas plant (photo credit: ILRI/Brian Kawuma). This article is written by Brian Kawuma, communications officer for ILRI in Uganda. Members of the Uganda country team of the … Continue reading →

All flesh is grass (except in Nigeria, where it might be cassava peel)
Aflatoxins / Agriculture / Animal Feeding / Article / Crop Residues / Feeds / Film and Video / Humid Tropics / ILRI / LIVESTOCKFISH / Markets / Nigeria / PIL / RTB / Spotlight / West Africa / Women

All flesh is grass (except in Nigeria, where it might be cassava peel)

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Scientists are developing a way of transforming the mountains of cassava peels created every day in Nigeria, where cassava is a staple food, into a nourishing feed for smallholder farm animals. The several CGIAR centres involved include the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Potato Center (CIP). Also involved in this project are several CGIAR research programs—Livestock and Fish; Integrated Systems for the Humidtropics; and Roots, Tubers and Bananas—as well as the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21). Continue reading →

It’s showtime: ILRI’s series of ‘Hard Talk’ science interviews by Brian Perry
Film and Video / ILRI / Interview / Participation / Pro-Poor Livestock

It’s showtime: ILRI’s series of ‘Hard Talk’ science interviews by Brian Perry

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Brian Perry (left) interviews Mario Herrero in a ‘hard talk’ series at ILRI’s annual program meeting in 2006 in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI). Several years ago, staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) innovated ways to enliven their annual program meetings (aka, death by research powerpoint). One of the ways ILRI shook things up … Continue reading →

From food waste to animal feed, cassava peels potentially big business for Nigerian women
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From food waste to animal feed, cassava peels potentially big business for Nigerian women

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Existing technologies of drying and grading cassava peels could hold the key to providing a readily available and sustainable source of animal feeds, increasing incomes for women and boosting food security in West Africa. Continue reading →

ILRI@40: Video note on One Health research priorities in Southeast Asia
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ILRI@40: Video note on One Health research priorities in Southeast Asia

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In this short film (1:17 mins), Hung Nguyen, a food safety scientist with ILRI in Vietnam, reflects on a recent discussion at a regional workshop on livestock and One Health that identified research priorities in Southeast Asia for the next 40 years. Continue reading →

ILRI@40: Filmed interview with M S Swaminathan on synergies between technology and public policy in India  
Agriculture / Asia / Film and Video / ILRI40 / India / Research

ILRI@40: Filmed interview with M S Swaminathan on synergies between technology and public policy in India  

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In this 4-minute film, Purvi Mehta-Bhatt from ILRI in India talks with MS Swaminathan on the establishment of ILRI its contributions to synergies between livestock research and public policy in India, especially in supporting the country’s dairy production. Continue reading →