This report by Lokman Zaibet, Salah Hammami and Mohammad Jabbar of ILRI on Durabilité des systèmes d’élevage des petits ruminants en Tunisie: une approche de santé animale et marketing was released on 6 April, 2009. This monograph builds on the findings from Tunisia of a previous research project Small ruminant health: Improved livelihoods and market … Continue reading
ANNE KRUGER, PRESENTER: These days cattle often come in for some bad publicity in the mainstream Western media, from alarmist dietary advice about red meat and dairy products through to methane gas emissions and global warming. Yet these animals also make a life-saving difference to the world’s poorest, most of whom live on less than … Continue reading
The Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute estimates 250 million people in Africa – a quarter of the population – rely on livestock for their livelihoods, yet African governments invest almost nothing to support the sector. “Livestock on the continent is extremely important, especially for the poor and also for large scale farming. Unfortunately there has … Continue reading
A new survey claims regional breeds of sheep face a heightened risk of disease because of their tendency to remain together in one location. The Sheep Trust report said it showed the need to protect many of the UK’s commercially-farmed native breeds. Read more. . . (BBC) Continue reading
This working paper by Azage Tegegne and Worku Teka of ILRI, Tesfaye Mengistie of Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Amhara Regional State,Ethiopia, Tesfaye Desalew of Kutaber woreda Office of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kutaber,South Wello Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, and Eshete Dejen of Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) on Transhumance cattle production … Continue reading
Developing countries would suffer if livestock numbers were reduced to cut worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, a visiting expert says. Iain Wright from the International Livestock Research Institute is in Australia this week to look at ways emissions from livestock can be curbed while not adversely affecting global food supplies. He advocates improved livestock feeding systems … Continue reading
Developing countries would suffer if livestock numbers were reduced to cut worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, a visiting expert says. Iain Wright from the International Livestock Research Institute is in Australia this week to look at ways emissions from livestock can be curbed while not adversely affecting global food supplies. He advocates improved livestock feeding systems … Continue reading
This report by Hippolyte Affognon, Oumar Diall, Delia Grace and Thomas Randolph of ILRI and Massita Coulibaly of Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët Boigny (INPHB) and Hermann Waibel of Université Leibniz d’Hanovre, Germany on Etude des politiques relatives aux strategies de gestion de la chimioresistance dans le cadre de la lutte contre la trypanosomose en Afrique … Continue reading
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