New study analyzes the impact of demand and supply of livestock-derived food on managing the livestock sector Continue reading
Category Archives: Livestock
How will climate change impact rangelands in the next few decades?
Philip Thornton contributed a chapter to Grasslands and Climate Change, the latest volume of the Ecological Reviews series. In this post Philip tells us more about the chapter, which explains the impacts of climate change on open grasslands used for livestock grazing. Continue reading
Tracking Ethiopia’s livestock emissions to identify low-carbon development pathways
Key partners come together to develop robust systems for measurement, reporting and verification of emissions from Ethiopia’s livestock sector. Continue reading
New project to strengthen veterinary service delivery in Ethiopia
A new four-year (2019-2022) European Union-funded project known as Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development (HEARD) has been launched in Ethiopia. The EUR15 million project, which is led by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), builds upon the experience and lessons learned from other animal health projects in the country. Continue reading
Thursday links (May 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
Tanzania launches five-year livestock sector master plan
The Tanzania government has launched a Tsh1.4 trillion livestock master plan (LMP), which will guide investments to develop the country’s livestock sector in the next five years. Continue reading
Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’round-up’ January-February 2019
Livestock Matter(s)’ provides a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners. Download a print version or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. Continue reading
First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor
A team of world-leading scientists have just released the world’s first ever scientific eating plan. They say the current food system dangerously overproduces greenhouse gases, misuses fertiliser, and causes large-scale food wastage and massive land degradation. Their solution is to shift to a diet that transforms this damaging food system. While this sounds like a silver bullet, it doesn’t recognise the enormous differences across the world when it comes to food consumption and production systems. Continue reading
Livestock Matter(s): ILRI news ’round-up’ November-December 2018
‘Livestock Matter(s)’ provides a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners. Download a print version or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month. View the November-December 2018 issue of Livestock Matter(s). Continue reading
Selective breeding manuals reveal best practices for small ruminant productivity
Community platforms in rural Kenya serve as the backbone for catalyzing innovative livestock interventions Continue reading