Category Archives: ILRI

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 →

Animal Breeding / Animal Diseases / Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / ASSP / Ethiopia / Event / ILRI / Livestock

Ethiopia’s Livestock Master Plan makes a splash in the research community of the ‘African livestock giant’

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The Ethiopia Livestock Master Plan is about the biggest piece of cooperation between the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Ethiopian Government for a very long time. The presentation that HE Dr Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes, State Minister for Livestock Resources Development gave on 5 December 2014 made a splash for this all-important Plan for now and years to come. 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 / Animal Production / Farming Systems / ILRI / ILRI40 / Impact Assessment / Innovation Systems / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Participation / Research

Driving livestock development through multidisciplinary systems research: An impact narrative

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Scaling up transdisciplinary research so that a systems approach can be applied by more and more scientists could make a huge contribution to development in smallholder farming. Continue reading →

Agriculture / Animal Production / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / ILRI40 / Livelihoods / Livestock / Research

Ethiopia livestock master plan presents roadmaps for growth and transformation

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The master plan, which ILRI contributed to, is based on a qualitative and fact-based livestock sector model and analysis. The new plan will see improvement in Ethiopia’s poultry breeds and forages and the creation and maintenance of a livestock population database in the country. Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Production / Animal Products / Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKFISH / Markets / PIL

Linking poor livestock keepers to markets in Africa and Asia

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Writing in the November 2014 issue of Rural 21, Isabelle Baltenweck argues that the growing global demand for animal products also offers poor livestock keepers the opportunity to switch from the subsistence to the market economy. Continue reading →

A4NH / Aflatoxins / Agri-Health / Article / BecA / Diagnostics / Disease Control / East Africa / Food Safety / FSZ / ILRI / Kenya

Kenya, hotspot for aflatoxin poisoning, opens aflatoxin lab and ‘aflasafe’ facility for biocontrol of this fungal toxin

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‘In an effort to address aflatoxin poisoning, which has killed more than 100 people in the country, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) has launched the first ever Aflatoxin lab in Kenya.’ Continue reading →

Agriculture / Article / Directorate / East Africa / ILRI / ILRI40 / Kenya / Markets / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Uganda

FAO’s Modibo Traore and Uganda’s Bright Rwamirama at ILRI@40 Nairobi conference (1 Oct)

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Bright Rwamirama, Honourable State Minister for Animal Industry, Uganda (left), and Modibo Traoré, FAO sub-regional coordinator for eastern Africa and representative to Ethiopia, the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, at the ILRI@40 conference in Nairobi, 1 Oct 2014 (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Which matters most to Africa’s agricultural development? Research … Continue reading →