Category Archives: Livestock Systems

Is promoting vegetarianism for all the world’s people a form of colonialism? just Euro-centric?
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Is promoting vegetarianism for all the world’s people a form of colonialism? just Euro-centric?

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The debate over whether a vegetarian diet is better for the planet is top of mind for many as news of water scarcity, climate change, and deforestation seem to worsen by the day. Sarah Taber, a US-based agricultural scientist added another angle to the debate earlier this month when she laid out the argument that calling vegetarianism and/or veganism a universally ‘better’ diet is a form of colonialist thinking. Continue reading →

Cleaning up assessments of livestock-environment systems in developing countries with CLEANED
Climate Change / Crop-Livestock / East Africa / Environment / Kenya / Livestock Systems / LIVESTOCKCRP / LIVESTOCKFISH / News clipping / NRM / Pro-Poor Livestock / SLS / Value Chains

Cleaning up assessments of livestock-environment systems in developing countries with CLEANED

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CLEANED provides a rapid assessment that quantifies potential environmental impacts of planned livestock development interventions at multiple spatial scales. With a particular focus on developing countries, it requires participatory discussions with local communities to make sure that assessments are relevant to local agro-ecological landscapes and production systems. Continue reading →

Cooperating with the future: Towards multiplying the multiple benefits of sustainable livestock
Agriculture / Environment / Ethiopia / Event report / Food Security / ILRI / ILRIComms / Livestock Systems / Policy / Presentation / Pro-Poor Livestock

Cooperating with the future: Towards multiplying the multiple benefits of sustainable livestock

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Yesterday, 8 May 2017, Henning Steinfeld delivered a keynote presentation—Multiple Benefits from Sustainable Livestock—to some 300 participants on the first of a five-day 7th Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock. Continue reading →

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Leveraging cross-sector partnerships to deliver animal health services in extensive livestock systems

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ILRI and TechnoServe jointly convened a stakeholders’ workshop to deliberate on how best to achieve sustainable livestock services in extensive production systems in Africa. Continue reading →

New paper reveals nexus between scientific assessment methods and social accountability
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New paper reveals nexus between scientific assessment methods and social accountability

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A newly published study analysed socioecological assessment technologies to establish how scientific socio-ecological assessments promote science-policy-practice and how scientific choices can simplify complex sociological relationships with implications for science-policy-practice Continue reading →