Africa’s consumption of animal protein is skyrocketing. Most rural households are poor and keep livestock. Africa’s growth in demand for animal protein can provide major business opportunities and also greatly reduce poverty. Research shows that policies and investments should target both livelihood-oriented and business-oriented livestock keepers. Continue reading
Category Archives: Africa
Africa / Animal Breeding / Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / Animal Products / Event / ILRI / ILRI40 / ILRIComms / Insurance / Kenya / LiveGene / PIL / Pro-Poor Livestock / Proposal call / SLS
Call for papers for the All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture in Nairobi this October
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), together with the Animal Production Society of Kenya (APSK), the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF), the All Africa Society for Animal Production (AASAP) and other partners, is helping to organize the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA). Held every four years, the conference will take place 27–30 Oct 2014 at the Kenyatta international Convention Centre, in Nairobi’s central business district. Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / CapDev / Presentation / Women
New director of AWARD on program’s successes and future goals in equipping top African women scientists
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenburg, the new director of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program, gave a brief presentation about her organization at the International Livestock Research Institute, in Nairobi, on 25 Jun 2014. Continue reading
Africa / ASF / ASSP / East Africa / Livestock / LIVESTOCKFISH / Pigs / Uganda / Value Chains
More pork by and for the poor: Catalysing smallholder pig value chains in Uganda
Last week in Mukono, the International Livestock Research Institute convened an inception and planning workshop for the new ‘more pork by and for the poor’ project. With funds from Irish Aid, the project will catalyse emerging smallholder pig value chains in Uganda for food security and poverty reduction. The new project builds on the results … Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / Event
6th all Africa conference on animal agriculture – youth session announcement
The All Africa Society for Animal Production (AASAP) seeks applications from Young people or people working with youth in agriculture to present at the 6th all Africa conference on animal agriculture to be held in Nairobi in October 2014. Continue reading
Africa / Animal Feeding / ASSP / Capacity Strengthening / CCAFS / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Feeds / Forages / ILRI / Seeds
FeedSeed project trains forage seed entrepreneurs in Ethiopia
The ‘FeedSeed’ project at the International Livestock Research Institute is working with public and private partners to help create a sustainable forage seed supply system in Ethiopia. The idea is to help local entrepreneurs start up forage seed businesses, mainly by establishing a public business incubator that can provide training and mentoring to the entrepreneurs. From 7-11 April 2014, the project organized a technical and business skills development training course for potential forage seed entrepreneurs. Continue reading
Africa / Animal Products / Dairying / East Africa / Livestock / PIL
White gold: Experts assess dairy opportunities in East Africa and Ethiopia
The Inter-Agency Donor Group on pro-poor livestock research and development (IADG) recently completed a successful Dairy Expert Consultation in Uganda. The three-day event in Masaka-Mbarara gathered over 50 dairy experts from six East African countries and beyond, and took place from April 1-3, 2014. Continue reading
Africa / Animal Production / ASSP / BecA / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKFISH / Research / Sheep / Small Ruminants
Review of sheep research and development projects in Ethiopia
This working paper reviews and documents sheep research projects/activities in Ethiopia and provides an overview of major research outputs, dissemination of research results, impacts on the sheep industry, and the gaps in research. Thoughts on the future directions of sheep research are also presented. Sheep research and development in Ethiopia dates back to the early … Continue reading
Africa / Agriculture / Animal Breeding / Animal Diseases / Animal Production / ASSP / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / LIVESTOCKFISH / Poultry / Report
Characterizing and improving village chicken production in Ethiopia
This ILRI project report describes the characteristics of village chicken production and marketing, analyses its contributions to farmers’ livelihoods, and presents options for improving the traditional village breeding practices in Horro and Ada’a woredas in the central and western highlands of Ethiopia. For the survey, a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) technique was used which includes … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Feeding / ASSP / Crop-Livestock / East Africa / Ethiopia / HUMIDTROPICS / Project / Research / Soils
N2Africa project putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia
On 27 and 28 February, the N2Africa project was officially launched in Ethiopia. More than 70 people attended the workshop, representing project partners, the private sector, universities, government and researchers. Continue reading
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