Category Archives: News clipping

Thursday Links (September 2019)
Advocacy / Camels / Cattle / Chickens / Climate Change / Communications / Livestock / News clipping / Research / Women

Thursday Links (September 2019)

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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 →

Don’t believe the scare stories, Kenyan milk is a big success
Advocacy / Aflatoxins / Africa / Cattle / Communications / Consumption / Dairying / East Africa / Food Safety / Kenya / News clipping / Opinion piece / Research

Don’t believe the scare stories, Kenyan milk is a big success

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We sent the following note to Parents Africa magazine, which published an unfortunately alarmist article recently based on research conducted by ILRI scientists. A recent article in Parents Africa magazine reaches some unduly alarming conclusions about the milk sold in Nairobi—and attributes them to research published by scientists here at the International Livestock Research Institute … Continue reading →

Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Animal Production / Cattle / Chickens / Consumption / Dairying / East Africa / Goats / Intensification / Kenya / Markets / News clipping / Pigs / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Sheep

Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

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Kenya’s livestock sector is primed to grow exponentially over the next three decades and anchor the country’s food sufficiency amid a rapid rise in the human population, a new survey showed. Continue reading →

A ‘caloric calculus’ with big consequences—healthy foods are expensive in poor countries, unhealthy foods cheap in rich countries—New IFPRI paper
Agri-Health / CGIAR / Consumption / Health / News clipping / Nutrition / Policy / Science paper

A ‘caloric calculus’ with big consequences—healthy foods are expensive in poor countries, unhealthy foods cheap in rich countries—New IFPRI paper

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Results of a new IFPRI study on ‘relative caloric prices’ show that many healthy foods are much more expensive in poor countries, while many unhealthy foods are much cheaper in richer countries. Continue reading →

Thursday links (June 2019)
Advocacy / Africa / Animal Health / Animal Production / Article / Camels / Cattle / Central Africa / Chickens / Emerging Diseases / Goats / Livelihoods / Livestock / Livestock matters / News clipping / Pastoralism / Pigs / Poultry / Research / Sheep / West Africa

Thursday links (June 2019)

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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 →