Wellington Ekaya, head of capacity development at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), recently talked about his work with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in an article on the CTA Blog. Continue reading
Category Archives: Livestock
Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre
Eric Fèvre, professor of veterinary infectious diseases at the University of Liverpool and jointly appointed at the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya, . . . says people should not be concerned about their domestic livestock becoming a COVID-19 source. Continue reading
(Enteric methane) greenhouse gas emissions in cows are cut 25% with feed supplement (3-NOP)
The addition of 3-Nitrooxypropanol to the feed of dairy cows reduced their enteric methane emissions by about 25% in a recently published study—one in a series of Penn State studies of the investigational substance in the United States—which might be an early step toward it being approved for use in this country. Continue reading
ILRI and partners celebrate World Food Day 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ILRI, and the Ministry of Agriculture celebrated the World Food Day on 16 October 2019 at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Continue reading
Thursday Links (September 2019)
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. News out of Africa An article in The Nation says that supermarkets in nine Kenyan counties tested still stock and sell … Continue reading
Thursday links (July 2019)
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. Continue reading
Guiding investments in climate-smart livestock systems in East Africa
New project aims to ensure that key actors in the livestock sector increase climate change adaptation and mitigation in farming practices, sector strategies and investment projects. Continue reading
Livestock and climate change: 16 West and Central African countries to move forward
Experts from 16 African countries come together to discuss issues around the livestock sector and identify opportunities for national capacity building Continue reading
Thursday links (June 2019)
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. Continue reading
Paving the way for collaboration: ILRI board members visit goat breeding program and Arba Minch University in Ethiopia
On 11 May 2019, two members of the ILRI Board of Trustees, Jing Zhu and Chanda Nimbkar; and scientists Olivier Hanotte and Aynalem Haile; from ILRI and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), respectively, visited a community-based goat breeding program in Baide village of Konso in southern Ethiopia. Continue reading