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.

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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.

Africa / Article / CCAFS / Climate Change / Corporate Report / ILRI / Kenya / Mazingira / SLS / Spotlight

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.

Agriculture / Drought / Drylands / Pastoralism

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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ILRI Uganda staff appointments: August–October 2014

Posted on 13 Oct 2014 by Loyce Mbwaya

Update on ILRI Uganda national staff appointments August-October 2014. Continue reading →

A4NH / Communications / East Africa / FSZ / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Research / Tanzania

ILRI researchers test communication approaches for optimizing informed consent processes

Posted on 9 Oct 2014 by Paul Karaimu • Leave a comment

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) aims to employ the highest standards in its research, including the ways it engages with partners and stakeholders. Informed consent is a key approach to ensure that ILRI research is not exploiting the people it work with and aims to serve. Continue reading →

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ILRI turns 40: Nairobi headquarters marks the anniversary

Posted on 6 Oct 2014 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Highlights of the 40-year anniversary event of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) held at the institute’s headquarters in the Kabete suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, last week (1 Oct 2014). Continue reading →

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This week ILRI hosts a major conference in Nairobi on livestock-based options for development

Posted on 29 Sep 2014 by Paul Karaimu • Leave a comment

On Wednesday 1 Oct 2014, ILRI will host a high-profile conference in Nairobi on livestock’s contribution to sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives. Continue reading →

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ILRI at the CGIAR Development Dialogues: A ‘Storify’ collection of highlights

Posted on 27 Sep 2014 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Click on the slides below to view a ‘Storify’ collection of highlights of inputs and outputs of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) at the CGIAR Development Dialogues, held at Columbia University, in New York City, last week (25 Sep 2014). Continue reading →

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ILRI Ethiopia staff appointments: July–August 2014

Posted on 27 Sep 2014 by Loyce Mbwaya • Leave a comment

Update on ILRI Ethiopia national staff appointments July–August 2014. Continue reading →

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CTA-ILRI African dairy value chain seminar closes with colourful results

Posted on 25 Sep 2014 by Jo Cadilhon • Leave a comment

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) organized the CTA-ILRI African dairy value chain seminar from 21 to 24 September 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / Directorate / Event / Food Security / ILRI / LIVESTOCKFISH / Nutrition / Poverty / Research / Spotlight

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

Posted on 25 Sep 2014 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

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 →

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ILRI Kenya staff appointments: July–August 2014

Posted on 24 Sep 2014 by Loyce Mbwaya • Leave a comment

Update on ILRI Nairobi national staff appointments July–August 2014. Continue reading →

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Livestock innovation systems: Research contributions from ILRI over the decades

Posted on 23 Sep 2014 by Paul Karaimu • Leave a comment

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 →

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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

ILRI Uganda staff appointments: August–October 2014

ILRI turns 40: Nairobi headquarters marks the anniversary

This week ILRI hosts a major conference in Nairobi on livestock-based options for development

ILRI at the CGIAR Development Dialogues: A ‘Storify’ collection of highlights

ILRI Ethiopia staff appointments: July–August 2014

CTA-ILRI African dairy value chain seminar closes with colourful results

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

ILRI Kenya staff appointments: July–August 2014

Livestock innovation systems: Research contributions from ILRI over the decades