Category Archives: Communications

‘Tip of the iceberg’: is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?
Africa / Animal Diseases / Article / Communications / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / News clipping / Research / Zoonotic Diseases

‘Tip of the iceberg’: is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?

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An article in The Guardian newspaper raises the question of whether human destruction of nature is responsible for mass pandemics like COVID-19. It quotes Eric Fevre, a principal scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute, on the ubiquity of possible germ sources: ‘”There are countless pathogens out there continuing to evolve which at some point … Continue reading →

Deadline for submitting abstracts for the Joint International Grassland/Rangeland Congress extended to 23 Dec 2019
Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / Biodiversity / Communications / Directorate / Event / ILRI / Kenya / Pastoralism / Rangelands / SLS

Deadline for submitting abstracts for the Joint International Grassland/Rangeland Congress extended to 23 Dec 2019

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The deadline for submissions for papers and posters for the Joint International Grassland and International Rangeland Congress, to be held 24–30 Oct 2020, in Nairobi, Kenya, has been extended to 23rd December 2019. Submit your abstracts for posters and oral presentations and proposals for concurrent panel sessions through the congress website. The next Joint International … Continue reading →

Tropical agriculture conference takes unexpected turn: Toward optimism
Agriculture / Australia / Communications / News clipping / Research / Roundup

Tropical agriculture conference takes unexpected turn: Toward optimism

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The future of livestock in the developing world was one of the principal themes at the third International Tropical Agriculture (TropAg) Conference held from 11-13 November 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference focused on the challenge of feeding the world’s ever-growing population, which is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. The greatest challenges will … Continue reading →

Thursday Links (September 2019)
Advocacy / Camels / Cattle / Chickens / Climate Change / Communications / Livestock / News clipping / Research / Women

Thursday Links (September 2019)

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A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. News out of Africa An article in  The Nation says that supermarkets in nine Kenyan counties tested still stock and sell … Continue reading →

Don’t believe the scare stories, Kenyan milk is a big success
Advocacy / Aflatoxins / Africa / Cattle / Communications / Consumption / Dairying / East Africa / Food Safety / Kenya / News clipping / Opinion piece / Research

Don’t believe the scare stories, Kenyan milk is a big success

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We sent the following note to Parents Africa magazine, which published an unfortunately alarmist article recently based on research conducted by ILRI scientists. A recent article in Parents Africa magazine reaches some unduly alarming conclusions about the milk sold in Nairobi—and attributes them to research published by scientists here at the International Livestock Research Institute … Continue reading →

Eating stories: On the contested future of meat–with, and without, feet
Agri-Health / Article / Communications / Consumption / Human Health / Science paper

Eating stories: On the contested future of meat–with, and without, feet

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In the excerpts below, Alexandra Sexton, geographer and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, offers ‘a more nuanced reading of the promissory and counter-narratives around recent alternative proteins than has sometimes been relayed in public discussions on this topic.’ Continue reading →

An animal data safari at the 2018 CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Convention
A4NH / Africa / AHH / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / BIGDATA / CGIAR / Communications / Data / East Africa / Event / Fish / FISHCRP / Geodata / ILRI / ILRIComms / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pastoralism / Research / SLS

An animal data safari at the 2018 CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Convention

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Last week, on 4 October – World Animal Day – ILRI’s Peter Ballantyne coordinated an interactive ‘mini-safari’ at the Big Data in Agriculture 2018 convention to showcase and demonstrate data-driven opportunities for and from livestock and fish ecosystems. Continue reading →