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Cattle / Forages / Goats / ILRIComms / India / Intensification / Pro-Poor Livestock / South Asia / Vulnerability

Nepal’s livestock sector: In demand and in decline?

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Livestock fodder on road between Chitwan District and Pokhara, Nepal. An ILRI-CSISA (Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia) project on the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Chitwan District, in south-central Nepal, began in Sep 2010. Project staff are introducing residue-based feeding strategies supplemented with green fodder and concentrates to increase cattle and buffalo milk production (photo credit: ILRI/Susan … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Article / Dairying / Europe / ILRIComms / Nutrition / Pastoralism

Europe’s ‘milk revolution’: First Neolithic cheese-making, then a genetic mutation allowing lactose persistence

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Oscypek, a ‘must taste’ when visiting Polish mountains, is the most famous cheese in Poland today; it is made from salted sheep milk, smoked and formed in traditional wooden forms (photo credit: Tom Karas/PolishFoodInfo.com). In 2011, Mélanie Roffet-Salque, a geochemist at the University of Bristol, UK, found signatures of abundant milk fats — evidence that early farmers, … Continue reading →

ILRI / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / Livestock / Roundup

Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’ July 2013

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This July issue of ‘Livestock Matter(s) presents a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Corporate news Jimmy Smith and Frank Rijsberman speak out at FARA’s Africa Agriculture Science Week During the just-concluded sixth Africa … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / CCAFS / Climate Change / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / ILRIComms / Innovation Systems / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / Research / South Asia / Southern Africa / West Africa

Next steps for climate change social learning initiative – implementation, incubation, partnering, testing, scaling…

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Climate change is a wicked problem, it requires wicked solutions, not business-as-usual. The CGIAR research program on climate change, agriculture and food security (CCAFS) recognised this when they joined up with International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and other partners to look at the potential of social learning and communication approaches to support decision-making on climate change adaptation … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ‘roundup’, June 2013

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The June issue of ‘Livestock Matter(s), explores a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Corporate news Entrepreneurs: Your livestock business is growing–but only in Africa and other developing regions Jimmy Smith, director general of … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’, May 2013

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The May issue of ‘Livestock Matter(s), explores a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Corporate news ILRI’s global livestock research agenda: A strategy for ‘better lives through livestock’ Jimmy Smith, director general of the … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’, April 2013

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This month’s issue of ‘Livestock Matter(s)’, explores a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Corporate news Livestock research for food security and poverty reduction: ILRI strategy 2013-2022 In April, ILRI’s strategy covering the period … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’, March 2013

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This March 2013 issue of  ‘Livestock Matter(s)’, gives a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Project news Dairy hubs giving Tanzanians better access to services given funding boost ‘Ireland’s minister of state for development … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’, February 2013

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We hope you enjoyed our first issue ofLivestock Matter(s), a monthly round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Produced on the first of each month, this round-up highlights what you may have missed. You can download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each … Continue reading →

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Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’roundup’, January 2013

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Welcome to the first issue of Livestock Matter(s), a monthly round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from the International Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners. We aim to produce this on the first of each month. It will bring together some of the news and updates you may have missed. … Continue reading →