World-class bio-science research lab opens

Posted on 18 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

After years of lagging behind in the scientific field, Africa’s bio-science research capability could now be effectively at par with research undertaken in the world’s most advanced institutes. A world-class bio-sciences research facility had just been launched in Nairobi and open to scientists and other stakeholders from Africa’s national research institutes and universities. The laboratory, … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Disease Control / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Vaccines

New vaccine to reduce East Coast Fever

Posted on 17 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The high livestock mortality in East and Central Africa due to East Coast fever is set to reduce following a near breakthrough in the development of a recombinant (dead) vaccine. The vaccine once developed will be used in the immunization of livestock against East Coast fever. According to Molecular Biology Scientist Roger Pelle working at … Continue reading →

Animal Diseases / Disease Control / East Africa / Livestock / Uganda

Sleeping sickness: Treating cattle to protect people

Posted on 16 Jan 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Every year, as many as 60,000 people in Africa die of sleeping sickness, a disease that passes between and among humans and animals through the bite of tsetse flies. Livestock such as cattle act as a reservoir for the disease, so treating cattle to cure them, and preventing re-infection through insecticide spraying, helps to reduce … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Feeding / Crop residues / Crop-Livestock / East Africa / Ethiopia / Fodder / ILRI / Livestock

Innovative partnerships boost livestock-maize systems in eastern Africa

Posted on 16 Jan 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In recent times, in eastern Africa, arable land has become more scarce and livestock production has gained more ground, making maize more important than ever—both as a source of food and feed—in highly intensified crop-livestock farming systems. In an innovative partnership, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) … Continue reading →

BecA / Central Africa / East Africa / ILRI / Research

Bioscience facility offers research options to Africa’s scientists

Posted on 15 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

A world-class agricultural biosciences research facility based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) campus in Nairobi, is now open to scientists and students in Africa’s national research institutes and universities. The facility’s director, Dr Segenet Kelemu, is quoted as saying: “Our aim is in part to support research and build capacity by empowering scientists … Continue reading →

BecA / Biotechnology / Central Africa / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Research

Modern science lab opens in Kenya

Posted on 15 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Africa’s Scientists and researchers can now access latest equipment and technologies related to science at a new world-class research facility in Nairobi. The facility which is based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will afford Africa’s scientists an opportunity to venture into new research areas without prohibitive costs and regulations to conduct the same … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Biotechnology / East Africa / Food Security / Genetics / Kenya / Research

Kenya testing ground for GMOs

Posted on 15 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

What happens here in Kenya could change the way the world views genetically modified food. Whether it really makes a positive difference in the lives of Africans remains to be seen. Why is Kenya key? Read more… (Pulitzer Gateway) Continue reading →

East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Participation / Pastoralism / Tanzania / Wildlife

Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife: A guide to participatory land-use planning

Posted on 12 Jan 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

This guide is designed to help communities and policy-makers at local and national levels make informed choices regarding land use, business ventures, and public policy in pastoral areas, particularly the Maasai Steppe and other semi-arid parts of East Africa. This decision support tool, Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife stems from work by the Food and … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Drought / East Africa / Kenya / Livestock

Kenya’s Livestock ministry seeks more cash to replenish herds

Posted on 11 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The Livestock ministry is seeking additional funds from Treasury to help farmers replenish their herds after the recent biting drought and floods in parts of the country. It wants KES 700 million in addition to the KES 130 million earmarked for the exercise, said permanent secretary Kenneth Lusaka, adding that they had prepared a Cabinet … Continue reading →

East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / Tanzania / Wildlife

Kudumisha uhusiano kati ya jamii, ufugaji na wanyamapori: Mwongozo wa ushirikishwaji katika kupanga Matumizi ya ardhi

Posted on 10 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Mwongozo huu umeandaliwa ili kusaidia jamii na watunga sera katika ngazi ya jamii na kitaifa kufanya maamuzi na uchaguzi sahihi kuhusu matumizi ya ardhi, biashara, na sera za kitaifa kwa maeneo ya wafugaji, hasa nyika za umasaini na maeneo makame ya Afrika ya Mashariki. Kitini hiki kinachoeleza mfumo wa kusaidia ufanyaji maamuzi, Kudumisha uhusiano kati … Continue reading →