Author Archives: Susan MacMillan

Roadmap for metrics to enhance food safety in low- and middle-income countries
A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Food Safety / ILRI / News clipping / Policy / Report

Roadmap for metrics to enhance food safety in low- and middle-income countries

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Recognizing the universal nature of this question, the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy created a working group to consider current research on food safety, including metrics, tools, and definitions; identify areas of opportunity or need for additional research in this area; and suggest ways to make research on food safety in low and middle-income countries more robust and replicable. Continue reading →

Accelerating the development of agricultural value chains in Kenya—AVCD Conference Highlights
Agriculture / Animal Breeding / Animal Feeding / Animal Health / AVCD / Cattle / CGIAR / Climate Change / Crops / Dairying / Disease Control / East Africa / Event report / Extension / Food Security / Forages / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Markets / Nutrition / Policy / SLS / Value Chains

Accelerating the development of agricultural value chains in Kenya—AVCD Conference Highlights

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Twitter Moment highlights of the Accelerated Value Chain Development Conference at ILRI on 26–27 Apr 2018. Continue reading →

Ethiopian native chickens are bred with Belgian ‘cosmopolitan chicken’ for greater prosperity in rural Ethiopian poverty
ACGG / Animal Breeding / Breeds / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event report / Food Security / Genetics / ILRI / LiveGene / LIVESTOCKCRP

Ethiopian native chickens are bred with Belgian ‘cosmopolitan chicken’ for greater prosperity in rural Ethiopian poverty

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ILRI and Flemish conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen joined forces last year to strengthen research into more resistant and productive poultry for Africa south of the Sahara. Today, the research center and associated poultry farm “Incubated Worlds” opens in the presence of Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes, state minister, ministry of agriculture and livestock. Vanmechelen wants to help improve the lives of local communities through this crossing project. Continue reading →

Researchers join artist in quest to create the perfect chicken for Ethiopia’s farmers
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Researchers join artist in quest to create the perfect chicken for Ethiopia’s farmers

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Researchers in Ethiopia are embarking on a quest to create the perfect chicken for African farmers with an unlikely ally—a Belgian conceptual artist who has spent 20 years crossbreeding indigenous chickens, from China and Egypt to Senegal and Cuba. Continue reading →

Mobile pastoralism—A 10,000-year-old practice still robust, if threatened, in the Mediterranean today
Biodiversity / Cattle / Climate Change / Environment / Europe / Goats / Pastoralism / Policy / Rangelands / Sheep / Small Ruminants

Mobile pastoralism—A 10,000-year-old practice still robust, if threatened, in the Mediterranean today

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Mobile Pastoralism in the Mediterranean: Arguments and evidence for policy reform and its role in combating climate change presents over 100 arguments detailing the benefits of mobile pastoralism to biodiversity, carbon storage, wildfire prevention, climate change, food security and quality, traditional ecological knowledge, rural economies, tourism—to name a few. Continue reading →

Cleaning up assessments of livestock-environment systems in developing countries with CLEANED
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Cleaning up assessments of livestock-environment systems in developing countries with CLEANED

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CLEANED provides a rapid assessment that quantifies potential environmental impacts of planned livestock development interventions at multiple spatial scales. With a particular focus on developing countries, it requires participatory discussions with local communities to make sure that assessments are relevant to local agro-ecological landscapes and production systems. Continue reading →

Investigating fodder as a cash crop—a micro-enterprise for Indian dairy women
Animal Feeding / Cattle / FFD / Fodder / Forages / Gender / India / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / South Asia / Women

Investigating fodder as a cash crop—a micro-enterprise for Indian dairy women

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ILRI is working with small-scale women dairy producers who are members of a large women’s dairy cooperative in the semi-arid Telengana state of India—the Mulkanoor Women’s Dairy Cooperative. The are growing sorghum for a cash fodder crop. Continue reading →