Category Archives: Agriculture

Agriculture / Animal Production / Article / Dairying / East Africa / Intensification / Livelihoods / Livestock / Pro-Poor Livestock / Tanzania

Starbucks Foundation’s USD 750,000 grant to help Tanzania farmers complement coffee farming with dairy

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Heifer International, which is working with ILRI and other partners in the Maziwa Zaidi project in Tanzania, has received a USD 750,000 grant from the Starbucks Foundation to fund the Mbozi Farmer Livelihood Improvement project, which will provide 5,000 smallholder farmers in country with dairy heifers and bulls to complement coffee farming. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Article / CGIAR / Event / Humid Tropics / HUMIDTROPICS / PIL / Research

Tapping into our creative potential: Humidtropics writeshop on innovation platform case studies

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Twelve individuals gathered at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) from 24 to 27 February 2015 to spend a week focused on writing­ under a case study competition organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Humidtropics. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Article / Dairying / East Africa / Livestock / LIVESTOCKFISH / Markets / SLS / Tanzania / Value Chains

Tanzania dairy sector gets USD1.5 million boost through East Africa Dairy Development project grant

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The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project, a regional dairy industry development program, has received USD1.5million grant from Elanco Animal Health to support on-going dairy development work in Tanzania and East Africa. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Article / Australia / BecA / Central Africa / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Research / Sweden

African biosciences research critical for transforming African smallholder agriculture

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Gity Behrevan during the BecA-ILRI-Sweden partnership review in Nairobi, November 2013 (photo credit: BecA-ILRI Hub/Tim Hall). ‘Biosciences research could transform Africa’s agriculture and lead to food and nutrition security, but little is being done locally to support its funding, experts say. ‘Researchers and policymakers who attended a review meeting of the Biosciences eastern and central … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Animal Production / Capacity Strengthening / Drylands / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / PIL / PIM / Project / Research / Small Ruminants / Somalia

Reducing the vulnerability of Somali livestock communities through capacity development and enhanced market access

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An ILRI project in Somalia aims to strengthen local capacity to mobilize and use knowledge from Somali livestock research in decision making. It also aims to enhance the capacities of public and private sectors to improve livestock products’ marketing and safety. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / CGIAR / Climate Change / Ethiopia / Event / Food Security

Ethiopia national, international researchers explore deeper collaboration

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On 4 and 5 December 2014, the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) and CGIAR institutes in Ethiopia organized a special consultative meeting to ‘strengthen EARS-CGIAR partnerships for effective agricultural transformation in Ethiopia’. Continue reading →