ILRI and the East African Community secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which aims to establish a long term relationship for purposes of exploiting their complimentaries in research knowledge generation and its application to further their respective missions. In particular, ILRI and EAC are to explore possibilities of…(Full document PDF) Continue reading
Category Archives: East Africa
Kenya seeks to grow beef export market
The Kenyan Government is making fresh attempts to establish livestock disease-free zones to expand the country’s beef export market. Livestock permanent secretary Kenneth Lusaka said his ministry was expecting some funding from both internal and external sources for the setting up of the zones. Read more. . . (The Daily Nation) Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / Drought / East Africa / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / Kenya
Dry future for Kenyan farms
Life in Kenya’s famine-prone fringe areas will get worse with total crop failure within the next four decades, according to a new study. The study carried out by the International Livestock Research Institute says drought-tolerant maize and even the much more resilient millet will hardly survive hotter weather and rainfall shifts in the areas. It … Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock
Afrique: L’élevage de chameaux, peut-être une solution
L’élevage de chameaux pourrait être une option pour quelque 20 à 35 millions de personnes vivant dans des zones semi-arides d’Afrique, et qui seront bientôt dans l’incapacité de cultiver leurs terres en raison du changement climatique, a dit le co-auteur d’une nouvelle étude. D’ici 2050, la hausse des températures et la raréfaction des précipitations dans … Continue reading
Africa / Books and chapters / East Africa / Geodata / ILRI / Livestock / NRM / Regions / Uganda / WLE
Mapping a better future: How spatial analysis can benefit wetlands and reduce poverty in Uganda
This Publication by ILRI on Mapping a better future: how spatial analysis can benefit wetlands and reduce poverty in Uganda was released on 25 May, 2009 This publication presents results of a study carried on Ugandan abundant natural wealth. Its varied wetlands, including grass swamps, mountain bogs, seasonal floodplains, and swamp forests, provide services and … Continue reading
East Africa / Kenya / Wildlife
Mara wildlife in serious decline
Wild grazing animals in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve are steadily disappearing, a study has found. Numbers of giraffe, warthog, impala, topi and hartebeest fell by 50% or more between 1979 and 2002. The falls are linked to rapid growth of Maasai settlements around the reserve, say scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). … Continue reading
Slaughter project saves farmers in drought-hit area
The Kenya Meat Commission has started slaughtering animals from drought-hit regions to save farmers from incurring losses on livestock deaths. The exercise, which started on Monday, is a multi-million-shilling campaign launched by the government through the emergency drought mitigation project. Read more. . . ( Reuters) Livestock farmers reject Sh700m bailout project 30 April 2009 … Continue reading
Elephant grass disease on the loose
Hellen Margaret Kongai of Osigiria Parish, Ngora Sub-county in Kumi District has been a zero-grazing farmer for the last ten years. In 1998, Kongai received a cow from Send-a-Cow Uganda (SACU), an NGO, which has changed her life for the better. With the proceeds from the 25 litres of milk her cow, which she has … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Production / Article / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Regions / Research
Transhumance cattle production system in north Gondar, Amhara region, Ethiopia: Is it sustainable?
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
Livestock methane needs research: expert
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
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