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Interpreting trader networks as value chains: Experience with Business...
Today in Nairobi, Derek Baker, Amos Omore and David Guillemois reported on a project to analyze the impact of business development services. It took a preliminary look at the use of network approaches...
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Preventing and controlling classical swine fever in northeast India
Classical swine fever is a highly contagious, potentially fatal viral disease that affects pigs. This disease is a major constraint to the development of pig farming systems in northeast India where...
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Africa Food Security Initiative – update on an Australia-Africa partnership...
To foster a long-term sustainable improvement in African food security, the Australian government has increased its investment into Africa via the Africa Food Security Initiative (AFSI). One of the...
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Livestock challenges and opportunities in Asia discussed at regional policy...
Increasing livestock production to meet rapidly growing demands in a socially equitable and ecologically sustainable manner has become major challenge for the Asia-Pacific region. To discuss these...
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How economics adds value to animal health policy-making
A news item on The Pig Site argues that the risk of disease among farm animals and farm biosecurity are a public affair.” The August 2012 issue of EuroChoices, the Journal of the Agricultural Economics...
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Five grand challenges for animal science research – ASAS takes stock
The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) has released five ‘Grand Challenges documents‘ that advocate research priorities for the future of animal science. The issues covered are: Animal health:...
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Using crop by-products to intensify and sustain food production: Livestock...
On 26 September 2012, animal nutritionist Michael Blümmel with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) presented an ‘livestock live talk’ on Using crop by-products to intensify and...
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Making ILRI’s research ‘open’ and accessible
This is open access week … which we mark in collaboration with CGIAR, FAO and other partners. What does it mean for ILRI? The work of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its...
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Livestock: Blessing or a burden?
Writing in Footsteps – a magazine of Tearfund, Nigel Poole argues there is ‘no simple answer’ to the question: are livestock a blessing or a burden? He suggests that the ‘type of livestock production...
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The ‘happy strategies’ game: Matching land and water interventions with...
Playing the ‘happy strategies’ game In mid 2011, Catherine Pfeifer, ILRI/IWMI researcher in the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC), posed us a challenge: What kind of exercise could we do that...
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Refining livestock feed assessment tools – ILRI’s work in 2012
Researchers testing tools with farmers Feed is often cited as the first limiting constraint to livestock intensification in smallholder mixed-crop farming systems in developing countries. However...
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Animal production and global food security: Livelihoods for poor owners and...
The January 2013 issue of Animal Frontiers looks at the contribution of animal production to global food security. The first of two special issues edited by Maggie Gill, this issue “takes a high-level...
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Bio-Innovate regional scientific conference to explore successes challenges...
Eastern Africa will be the focus of a transformational forum to harness the power of biosciences innovations later this month, when more than 120 scientists, policy makers, the private sector, donors,...
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Towards competitive and sustainable world-class livestock sectors – Africa...
The Kenya Livestock Producers Association (KLPA) in collaboration with East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association (ESADA) and other partners in the...
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Corralling cattle to improve the productivity of pasture lands affected by...
Typical degradation of rangelands in Uganda’s cattle corridor Researchers from the Department of Animal Science in Makerere University were excited, and with good reason, as they surveyed pasture land...
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ReFARM database explores the role of diversification for resilient...
Overcoming the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate requires a strong scientific evidence base to both help smallholder farmers choose resilient strategies and to guide...
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ILRI-BecA goat project harnessing ODK on smartphones for data collection and...
To harness genetic diversity to improve goat productivity in Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is testing the open data kit (ODK) in Ethiopia as a tool to collect baseline...
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ILRI’s Azage Tegegne becomes Australia Awards African Alumni Ambassador
The Australian Government has launched an Africa Alumni Ambassadors initiative aimed at raising the visibility of Australia Awards in Africa. Dr. Azage Tegegne, coordinator of the Livestock and...
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ILRI’s 2013 annual meeting — Reflections on process and outcomes
Most years, ILRI brings together a wide mix of staff in an ‘annual program meeting’ (APM). This year’s event was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15–17 May 2013, and focused on ILRI’s 2013–2022...
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Agricultural innovation systems in Africa: reflections on an international...
From 25-31 May, Nairobi was host to a ‘Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa.’ Here ILRI’s Jo Cadilhon reflects on the International workshop on agricultural innovation systems in Africa held as...
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