New One Health Centre in Africa joins global efforts to prevent future pandemics

Posted on 3 Nov 2020 by Ekta Patel • 1 Comment

The newly launched One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA) at ILRI will contribute towards addressing neglected zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food safety and emerging infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa / ASF / Corporate Report / ILRI / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / PIL / Spotlight / Uganda

Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda

Posted on 25 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • 1 Comment

Driven by rising incomes, demand for animal-source foods in Africa and Asia is expected to increase up to 200% by 2030. Efficient crop and livestock production and natural resource use will drive employment, environmental, nutrition and income gains in a subsector likely to be dominated by smallholders.

Africa / Article / Biodiversity / Cattle / Corporate Report / Genetics / ILRI / LiveGene / LIVESTOCKCRP / Species / Spotlight

DNA sequencing of indigenous African cattle reveals vital clues to increasing productivity

Posted on 19 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

Important sources of meat, milk, traction and manure across Africa, cattle will become even more significant as demand for meat and milk is expected to more than double in sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2030.

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Science helps tailor livestock-related climate change mitigation strategies in Africa

Posted on 17 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

The implementation of effective mitigation strategies relies on accurate GHG emission data. But what if the underlying assumptions upon which these GHG emission estimates are based are inaccurate?

Corporate Report / Crop-Livestock / ILRI / Intensification / LIVESTOCKCRP / SLS / Spotlight / Value Chains / Zimbabwe

Improved technologies bolster food production efficiency and incomes in rural Zimbabwe

Posted on 13 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

With growing food demand, the adoption of crop and livestock technologies and more efficient markets offer opportunities to enhance agricultural production, food security and resilience in rural Zimbabwe.

Corporate Report / Dairying / Ethiopia / ILRI / ISP / Livelihoods / LIVES / LIVESTOCKCRP / Spotlight

Research spurs increases in milk production, productivity and sale in Ethiopia

Posted on 11 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • 1 Comment

With incomes rapidly rising in Ethiopia, increasing milk yields and the sale of dairy products hold huge potential for the rural population whose livelihoods largely depend on livestock farming.

Dairying / Gender / ILRI / India / ISP / LIVESTOCKCRP

Dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in India

Posted on 9 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

Dairy farming is one of the most important sources of income and nutrition for rural communities in India. Strengthening the efficiency of the Uttarakhand dairy market offers major opportunities to smallholders to expand production and sales of milk.

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Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam

Posted on 6 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

The agri-food sector, particularly livestock, plays an important role in the economy, livelihoods and nutritional security of Vietnamese people. More than 65% of rural households depend on pig farming for their livelihoods.

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Vaccinating farm animals helps drive up disposable incomes

Posted on 4 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • 1 Comment

East Coast fever causes annual losses estimated at more than USD300 million and more than one million cattle deaths. Recent research-for-development approaches have accelerated the uptake of the ITM vaccine and demonstrated how its use is driving increased incomes for small-scale livestock farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.

Africa / Article / BecA / Chickens / Corporate Report / ILRI / Kenya / Spotlight / Vaccines

Improving control of a chicken disease supports the livelihoods of Kenya’s women

Posted on 2 Jul 2018 by James Stapleton • Leave a comment

Poultry farming in Kenya is growing rapidly and remains largely dominated by women, who typically invest most of their earnings in feeding their families and educating their children. That is why controlling major poultry diseases is so important.

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Reducing the vulnerability of dryland pastoralism

Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Expert opinion agrees that the best way to tap into the potential of the drylands is to build on the foundation of their livestock economies rather than ignoring them or seeking to replace them.

Agriculture / Climate Change / Environment / LIVESTOCKFISH

Millions of small-scale food producers on a collision course with climate change

Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

For people living in absolute poverty and chronic hunger, the solution is not to rid the world of livestock, but to find ways to farm animals more efficiently and more sustainably

Crop-Livestock / Crops / Intensification / Livestock

Mixed crop-and-livestock farmers can feed the growing world

Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Mixed crop-and-livestock farms will, more than the traditional breadbaskets and rice bowls of the past, feed the developing world over the next few decades.

Crop Residues / Crop-Livestock / Intensification / Livestock

Smallholder livestock farming is a mainstay of the poor

Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Making smallholder production more competitive is a powerful tool to reduce poverty, raise nutrition levels and improve the livelihoods of rural people in many developing countries

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Livestock in context: A plea for intellectual rigor and collegial disagreement

Posted on 20 Nov 2019 by David Aronson • Leave a comment

Lawrence Haddad, the executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and 2018 World Food Prize co-winner, gave two presentations at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference held 11-13 November in Brisbane, Australia. The first, titled Let them eat meat, was covered in an earlier blog post. His second presentation, titled Why animal source foods … Continue reading →

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Building capacity of African researchers in genomics to play key role in boosting productivity of livestock systems

Posted on 20 Nov 2019 by Ekta Patel • Leave a comment

A week long training of 26 researchers from 14 different African countries in the field of genomics to ensure that information is widely shared. Continue reading →

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ILRI and China’s Nanjing Agricultural University commit to deepen collaboration for livestock research and capacity development

Posted on 19 Nov 2019 by Ekta Patel • Leave a comment

Over the past two months ILRI and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) have had a number of engagements that culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions on 30 October 2019. Continue reading →

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The future of livestock in the developing world: myths, complexities and trade-offs

Posted on 18 Nov 2019 by David Aronson • Leave a comment

The future of livestock in the developing world was one of the principal themes at the third International Tropical Agriculture (TropAg) Conference held from 11-13 November 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference focused on the challenge of feeding the world’s ever-growing population, which is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. The greatest challenges will … Continue reading →

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New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019

Posted on 18 Nov 2019 by Judy Kimani • Leave a comment

In September, the Rangelands Initiative hosted a panel, Drylands and Rangelands: Harnessing Change, at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) New York, which was organized as a starting point for planning the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, which will be launched in 2021. Continue reading →

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ONE HEALTH FOR AFRICA: Germany’s BMZ initiates a new ‘One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre for Africa’

Posted on 11 Nov 2019 by Ekta Patel • Leave a comment

Today, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and ILRI signed a letter of intent to establish a ‘One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre for Africa’ (OHRECA) to be hosted by ILRI, which is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Continue reading →

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ILRI holds a livestock symposium at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference this week

Posted on 10 Nov 2019 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Lindsay Falvey and Shirley Tarawali, board chair and assistant director general, respectively, of the Africa-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), will chair and facilitate a 2-hour symposium—’Sustainable, healthy diets for all: Tomorrow’s livestock science’—at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference, in Brisbane, 11–13 Nov 2019. Continue reading →

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OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

Posted on 3 Nov 2019 by Ekta Patel • 2 Comments

ILRI researchers have been investigating diseases that afflict both people and animals in an ecosystem context for more than 40 years. ILRI’s animal health and environmental scientists have found One Health approaches to highly useful in their work. Continue reading →

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World Bank report says ‘AMR-smart’ solutions needed to beat superbugs and ensure a healthier future

Posted on 1 Nov 2019 by Ekta Patel • Leave a comment

The report urges the development community to
go beyond technical solutions that focus exclusively on the
misuse of antimicrobials. We need to redirect development
efforts more broadly, so that they become ‘AMR-smart.’ Continue reading →

Agriculture / Launch / Nutrition / Poverty / Pro-Poor Livestock

ILRI supports the United Nations’ ‘Decade of Action on Nutrition’, 2016–2025

Posted on 24 Oct 2019 by David Aronson • 1 Comment

The following is ILRI’s statement of support to the United Nations’ Decade of Action on Nutrition, 2016–2025. Continue reading →

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better lives through livestock

New One Health Centre in Africa joins global efforts to prevent future pandemics

Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda

DNA sequencing of indigenous African cattle reveals vital clues to increasing productivity

Science helps tailor livestock-related climate change mitigation strategies in Africa

Improved technologies bolster food production efficiency and incomes in rural Zimbabwe

Research spurs increases in milk production, productivity and sale in Ethiopia

Dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in India

Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam

Vaccinating farm animals helps drive up disposable incomes

Improving control of a chicken disease supports the livelihoods of Kenya’s women

Reducing the vulnerability of dryland pastoralism

Millions of small-scale food producers on a collision course with climate change

Mixed crop-and-livestock farmers can feed the growing world

Smallholder livestock farming is a mainstay of the poor

Livestock in context: A plea for intellectual rigor and collegial disagreement

Building capacity of African researchers in genomics to play key role in boosting productivity of livestock systems

ILRI and China’s Nanjing Agricultural University commit to deepen collaboration for livestock research and capacity development

The future of livestock in the developing world: myths, complexities and trade-offs

New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019

ONE HEALTH FOR AFRICA: Germany’s BMZ initiates a new ‘One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre for Africa’

ILRI holds a livestock symposium at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference this week

OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

World Bank report says ‘AMR-smart’ solutions needed to beat superbugs and ensure a healthier future

ILRI supports the United Nations’ ‘Decade of Action on Nutrition’, 2016–2025