EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SUPPLY OF ENGINEERING AND FACILITIES GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ILRI KENYA International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) located on Old Naivasha Road is conducting a pre-qualification/registration exercise of suppliers of Engineering goods and services. ILRI purchases substantial quantities of Engineering goods and services on an annual basis. Prospective suppliers are invited to … Continue reading
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Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Research
Post-graduate fellowships for African scientists at ILRI
With generous funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), ILRI is offering five Ph.D scholarships for livestock researchers from sub-Saharan African countries. ILRI invites applicants from young African scientists, based at the research and learning institution. The priority research themes are: Climate change, impacts and adaptation Livestock, environment and sustainability Emerging diseases, impacts … Continue reading
East Africa to take part in 10-year research on boosting food security
East Africa has been earmarked for a global research programme that seeks to strike a balance between food production and environment conservation. Faced with the new threat of climate change, the Consultative Group on International and Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) will spearhead the 10-year challenge programme on Climate Change, … Continue reading
Biodiversity / Directorate / Genebank / ILRI / Livestock
Livestock diversity needs genebanks too
Livestock genebanks are needed to ensure the world’s future food supply, says livestock expert Carlos Seré. The genetic diversity of livestock is threatened worldwide, but especially in the global South, where the vast majority of farm animal breeds reside. Read more … (SciDev.net) Continue reading
Africa / Animal Diseases / Biotechnology / CGIAR / Climate Change / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Ghana / ILRI / Malawi / RVF / Senegal / Trypanosomiasis / Zoonotic Diseases
ILRI to build climate model to predict disease outbreaks
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has received a $4.4 million award for research to build a climate model that can predict outbreaks of infectious disease in Africa. ILRI will work with 11 partners and researchers to integrate data from climate modeling and disease … Continue reading
Lessons from swine flu
The once-looming public health threat has receded… But we’re Still Understanding Our Role in Such Outbreaks The American media circus has moved on, the drugstores are removing the “H1N1 Vaccinations Available Here” signs, and most people are engaged with other concerns. Like SARS, avian flu and hantavirus, swine flu is yesterday’s scare. But perhaps we’re … Continue reading
Somalia: Somaliland needs own plan for climate change
The human and environmental disruption wreaked by drought in Somaliland, where more than 60 percent of people raise livestock for a living, means the self-declared, but barely recognized, independent state should draw up its own plan for climate change adaptation, according to a new report. The Impact of Climate Change on Pastoral Societies of Somaliland, … Continue reading
Livestock and livelihoods: a partnership approach
Livestock and pensions provide the main source of livelihood for the farmers living around the Hoachanas settlement situated in the Kalahari Sandveld of Namibia. Small stock, such as goats and sheep, are crucial for food and income, with the area too dry for crop and feed production. But mortality of animals due to dry season … Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / Asia / Crop-Livestock / Livestock / Research / Uganda
The future of agricultural research for development
There is no doubt that in the last 50 years, agricultural science has helped to overcome the threat of famine for billions of people. But a billion remain undernourished and the spectre of poverty remains. With climate change, rising food prices and a burgeoning global population, the demands on agriculture to become more efficient and … Continue reading
Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Cattle / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Vaccines
Cattle disease vaccine launched 30 years after invention
An effective vaccine that languished, underused, for 30 years after its invention has finally been released commercially as a result of a new scheme for getting innovation into practice. The vaccine protects cattle against the deadly East Coast Fever (ECF), which kills two cows every minute — one million a year — causing economic losses … Continue reading
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