Category Archives: Partnerships

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ILRI and Lahore livestock institute talk collaboration for development of Pakistan’s livestock sector

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A farmer herds his cattle in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Some 30–35 million rural Pakistanis are engaged in livestock raising, with families typically keeping 2–3 cattle or water buffalo and 5–6 sheep or goats, which help them to generate 30–40% of their household income from livestock; find this and more recent information on Pakistan’s livestock sector here (photo … Continue reading »

Crop-Livestock / Directorate / Event / ILRI / India / Markets / PA / Partnerships / PPR / South Asia

Lessons from India’s smallholder dairy successes can help developing world–ILRI’s Jimmy Smith

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On 4 Nov 2012, an ILRI delegation of 28 visited the village of Araipura, in the Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana, where they held discussions with dairy farm families. The ILRI management team and board of trustees also visited the National Dairy Research Institute. (Photo credit: ILRI) ‘Operation Flood in Gujarat is … Continue reading »

Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / East Africa / Event / Farming Systems / Food security / Livelihoods / PA / Partnerships / Southern Africa

New Australian International Food Security Centre seeks partnerships in Africa

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Mellissa Wood (4th left), of the Australian International Food Security Centre, and other members of the the Commission for International Agricultural Research on a visit to ILRI in March 2012 (photo credit: ILRI). A new initiative has been launched by the Australian International Food Security Centre to improve food security in Africa. The centre, which falls … Continue reading »

Agriculture / East Africa / Ethiopia / Food security / ILRI / Partnerships

Gates Foundation appoints Ethiopia representative

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This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed Haddis Tadesse as its representative to Ethiopia.   Tadesse will serve as the foundation’s liaison to the federal government of Ethiopia and the African Union. He also will help the foundation strengthen its relationships with health and development partners operating in Ethiopia, including donor agencies, international NGOs … Continue reading »

Animal Breeding / Animal Production / Biotech / Biotechnology / East Africa / Event report / Genetics / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Partnerships / PLE / Research

Livestock research directions for ILRI – systems, health, genetics, impacts?

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  During the November 2011 ‘liveSTOCK Exchange’ event at ILRI, we video recorded reports back from group discussions in three of the sessions: Animal health and genetics – issues and controversies for ILRI research. This session discussed significant or controversial developments; the next big thing in animal genetics, breeding, health, genomics, and feeding.   Livestock … Continue reading »

Africa / Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Partnerships / Report / Research

Global research with regional relevance – How ILRI works in different parts of the world

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For the November 2011 ‘liveSTOCK Exchange’ event at ILRI, Iain Wright, Siboniso Moyo and Abdou Fall prepared an issue brief on ILRI’s regional activities … As a global research institute, ILRI focuses its research on challenges of global importance At the same time, it serves the needs of its stakeholders and poor livestock keepers in … Continue reading »

ILRI / Intensification / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Opinion piece / Partnerships / Research

Partnerships and participation key to effective research for development

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For the November 2011 ‘liveSTOCK Exchange’ event at ILRI, Bill Thorpe, a former staff member, reflects on the key role of inclusive partnerships… … In his contribution to the ‘LiveSTOCK Exchange’ Tim Williams highlights “the triple challenge of improving food and nutrition security, reducing poverty and enhancing environmental sustainability” (and stresses the need to strengthen … Continue reading »

Capacity Strengthening / CaSt / ILRI / Livestock / Opinion piece / Partnerships / Research

Building capacities – building bridges

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For the November 2011 ‘liveSTOCK Exchange’ event at ILRI, Purvi Mehta-Bhatt reflects on capacity strengthening at ILRI … ‘ILRI was the only place in Africa, where I could get the international level training in livestock research’; ‘I may now be an African policy maker, but one of the greatest contributing factors to my ability to … Continue reading »

Agriculture / BioInnovate / Biotechnology / Burundi / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / PA / Partnerships / Rwanda / Tanzania / Uganda

Using East Africa’s bio-resources to increase and sustain the region’s food production

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Seyoum Leta, manager of the Bio-Innovate Program (photo credit: ILRI/MacMillan). Last month, the Zecco (Trading) website published news of the official launch of a Bio-Innovate Program that will work on smart ways to use the region’s bio-resources to increase food production in sustainable ways in six countries in eastern Africa. Bio-Innovate is funded by the … Continue reading »

Agriculture / BioInnovate / Burundi / Directorate / East Africa / Ethiopia / Kenya / PA / Partnerships / Rwanda / Tanzania / Uganda

New program to provide grants to East Africa’s bioscientists

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Seyoum Leta, manager of the Bio-Innovate Program, speaks at the program’s official launch this week at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/MacMillan). ‘A Bioresources Innovation Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) programme has been launched to provide grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in East … Continue reading »