Heritage breed chickens: America’s new ‘gateway livestock’–Plus film on chicken boom in poor countries

Posted on 17 Jun 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

New 5-minute ILRI film, New approaches to chicken farming reduce poverty without adding to disease risks. ‘. . . Before he got into chickens, Bradshaw had raised pork and cattle on Greenfire Farms, his plot of land 12 miles west of Tallahassee, FL. Now Bradshaw has stopped farming cattle and pork entirely, fully dedicating his operations … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Dairying / ILRI / Mali / Niger / PIL / PIM / Research / Togo / Value Chains / West Africa

Of platforms and tables, cows and chillies: Scrutinizing numbers in Togo opens worlds of new ideas to explore

Posted on 13 Jun 2013 by Jo Cadilhon • 3 Comments

Early this month, Jo Cadilhon, an agricultural economist with ILRI’s research program on Policy, Trade and Value Chains, spent four days in Lomé, Togo, facilitating a workshop for a project on ‘Resilience of smallholder agriculture through dairy and market gardening value chains’. In this blog post, he tells how the analysis of data during the … Continue reading →

Award / Directorate / Food Security / ILRI / USA

Neville Clarke, former ILRI board chair, honoured for advancing international agriculture and rural development

Posted on 11 Jun 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Texas A & M University has announced (10 Jun 2013) that Neville Clarke, former chair of the board of trustees of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (1995–2001), has been honoured with an award for his nearly four decades of exemplary service to international agricultural and rural development, helping to reduce world poverty and food … Continue reading →

Drought / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Launch / Pastoralism / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Southern Africa / Vulnerability

Drylands of the developing world: New livestock and crop research program launched

Posted on 5 Jun 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

A herd of sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). The dry areas of the developing world occupy over 40% of the earth’s surface and are home to some 2.5 billion people. Many in these regions struggle to provide sufficient food for their growing populations and face a series of daunting … Continue reading →

Event report / ILRI

ILRI’s 2013 annual meeting — Reflections on process and outcomes

Posted on 4 Jun 2013 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • 1 Comment

Most years, ILRI brings together a wide mix of staff in an ‘annual program meeting’ (APM). This year’s event was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15–17 May 2013, and focused on ILRI’s 2013–2022 strategy. Jo Cadilhon was one of the organizers of this year’s APM. Here he reflects on the event and how it went. … Continue reading →

ILRI / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / Livestock / Roundup

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

Posted on 3 Jun 2013 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

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 →

Africa / Geodata / ILRI / Intensification / Interview / Markets / Niger / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Tanzania / Uganda

Africa’s livestock sector — good for business, good for the poor — held back by dearth of data

Posted on 1 Jun 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Livestock herding in Niger (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The African livestock sector should be booming. Demand for animal-source foods is rising exponentially here. By mid-century, meat and milk consumption on the continent are expected to increase by a whopping 145% and 155%, respectively, over 2005/07 levels. As demand for livestock foods rises, so do the … Continue reading →

A4NH / Agri-Health / Dairying / East Africa / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Human Health / ILRI / Kenya / Project / Zoonotic Diseases

From ‘urban cowboy’ to urban cow ban? That would be a mistake — raw vegetables can be more dangerous

Posted on 25 May 2013 by Susan MacMillan • 1 Comment

A dairy cow on a smallholder farm in Ol Kalou, near Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Should farm animals share our cityscapes with us? While policies are often based on the prejudice that urban livestock keeping is unsafe, scientific evidence shows that poor people continue to benefit more than be harmed by raising livestock … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Directorate / Event / Food Security / ILRI

Integrate science and society — Zimbabwean food policy expert at Chicago Council symposium

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO and head of mission of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), based in South Africa, is chair of ILRI’s board of trustees (photo credit: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda). At the ongoing Chicago Council Global Food Security Symposium, ‘there is renewed focus across public, private, and international organizations towards … Continue reading →

East Africa / Geodata / ILRI / Niger / PIM / Pro-Poor Livestock / Project / Tanzania / Uganda / West Africa

Livestock data collected in Niger, Tanzania and Uganda to measure — and improve — livestock development

Posted on 22 May 2013 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull), a 3,200 kg bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica, near Wall Street in New York City (photo on Flickr by Randy Lemoine). ‘Africa still suffers from a lack of good quality data on livestock that could be used to measure and improve progress as well as inform policymaking … Continue reading →

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