Category Archives: ILRI

Africa / Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Climate Change / Crop-Livestock / Drought / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / ECF / Environment / Food Security / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Research / Vulnerability

Livestock research addresses issues underlying the pastoral crisis in the Horn of Africa

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Things Fall Apart Things have quickly fallen apart in this particular drought in the Horn’s vast drylands because of a toxic mix of underlying factors. Land Use Among the things not being redressed are land-use policies and practices that fail to account for population increases and thus are restricting herders to ever smaller, drier and … Continue reading →

Agriculture / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Research

Integrating innovation systems perspective and value chain analysis in agricultural research for development: implications and challenges

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This Working paper by Ponniah Anandajayasekeram and Berhanu Gebremedhin on  Integrating innovation systems perspective and value chain analysis in agricultural research for development: implications and challenges was released on 8 October, 2009. The environment in which agricultural discovery and innovation occurs has been constantly changing with resultant significant influences on the organization and the social … Continue reading →

Africa / ASF / Dairying / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Markets / Regions / Research

Improving smallholder farmers’ marketed supply and market access for dairy products in Arsi zone, Ethiopia

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This report by Asfaw Negassa formerly with ILRI now with IFPRI on Improving smallholder farmers’; marketed supply and market access for dairy products in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia was released on 8 October, 2009. Presents study carried out on improving smallholder farmers’; marketed supply and market access for dairy products in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia. The main … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Cattle / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Livestock / Tanzania

Firm takes private route to fight cattle deaths

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A private charity has renewed the fight against cattle deaths with the introduction of a new distribution channel for vaccine in the Kenyan market. Commercialisation of the vaccine is targeted at combating East Coast Fever, a livestock disease that kills millions of animals every year. “We are exploring ways of transferring the production and distribution … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Women

Gender and HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in a market-oriented agricultural development context: A training manual for frontline staff

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This manual by Lemlem Aregu, Clare Bishop-Sambrook and  Ranjitha Puskur of  ILRI and Aresawum Mengesha, Ephrem Tesema and Zahra Ali – independent consultants on Gender and HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in a market oriented agricultural development context: A training manual for frontline staff was released on 7 October, 2009. This training manual is based on experiences from … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / ILRI / NRM / Regions / Water / WLE

Greenhouse revolution: New farming methods take suburbs by storm

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…David Nkedianye, a researcher at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kabete, said greenhouses are threatening to edge the pastroalists out of their traditional lands. “The water issue is a very controversial one. How do you extract so much water for greenhouse agriculture in an arid area where one of the key concerns is … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Cattle / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Livestock / Regions / Research / Vaccines

African cattle to be protected from killer disease

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Millions of African families could be saved from destitution thanks to a much-needed vaccine that is being mass-produced in a drive to protect cattle against a deadly parasite. East Coast fever is a tick-transmitted disease that kills one cow every 30 seconds – with one million a year dying of the disease. Calves are particularly … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Livestock / Tanzania / Vaccines

DFID funds mass production of East Coast fever vaccine

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Millions of African families could be saved from destitution thanks to a much-needed vaccine that is being mass-produced in a drive to protect cattle against a deadly parasite. East Coast fever is a tick-transmitted disease that kills one cow every 30 seconds – with one million a year dying of the disease. Calves are particularly … Continue reading →

Environment / ILRI

What could 4 degree warming increase mean for the world?

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The international conference at Oxford University dubbed “4 degrees and beyond” is the first of its kind to consider the global consequences of climate change beyond 2 degrees Celcius. Amongst the speakers include Dr. Philip Thornton of the International Livestock Research Instutite, speaking on sub-Saharan agriculture. “A leading climate scientist has presented new research findings … Continue reading →

Africa / BecA / Capacity Strengthening / ILRI / Research

Working to increase the food spply in the developing world

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Under a heading ‘career profiles’ in the AAAS Science Magazine, Jagger Harvey of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, is profiled. “As a research scientist at the BecA Hub, today Harvey leads research on plant-viral diseases affecting African crops. He also coordinates the placement and training of international and local researchers and students, from … Continue reading →