New map: Livestock and mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa
Livestock and Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems by Philip Thornton The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published an atlas illustrating the current state of African smallholder...
View ArticleNew map: Ruminant livestock distribution in Africa
Ruminant Livestock Distribution, 2006, by Timothy Robinson, William Wint, Giulia Conchedda, Guiseppina Cinardi and Marius Gilbert. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has...
View ArticleNew map: Rainfall and rainfall variability in Africa
Rainfall and rainfall variabiity in Africa by Philip Thornton The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published an atlas illustrating the current state of African smallholder...
View ArticleNew map: Impacts of climate change on length of growing periods in Africa
Impacts of climate change on length of growing periods in Africa by Philip Thornton The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published an atlas illustrating the current state of...
View ArticleNew map: Benefits of controlling trypanosomosis in the Horn of Africa
Benefits of Controlling Trypanosomosis in the Horn of Africa, by Timothy Robinson, Giuliano Cecchi, William Wint, Raffaele Mattioli and Alexandra Shaw. The International Food Policy Research Institute...
View ArticleA major presentation on ‘the power of livestock’ to transform today’s...
A major presentation was made at a special side event at the Borlaug Dialogue, in Iowa, on 15 Oct 2014. The side event was hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Bill...
View ArticleFood scares: Agrifood systems everywhere need greater cooperation and...
This infographic was created by IFPRI using ILRI facts and figures sourced from Simeon Kaitibie, Amos Omore, Karl Rich, Beatrice Salasya, Nick Hooten, Daniel Mwero, and Patti Kristjanson, ‘Policy...
View ArticleReducing human exposure to aflatoxins in poor countries: Towards new...
ILRI graduate fellow Taishi Kayano, from Rakuno Gakuen University, collects milk samples from a Kenya dairy farmer as part of a scoping survey of aflatoxins in the feed-dairy chain in Kenya (photo...
View ArticleTowards professionalizing—not criminalizing—informal sellers of milk and meat...
Transporting fresh milk by motorcycle in Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI/Ben Lukuyu). ‘. . . Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners have developed and piloted...
View ArticlePersuasion: Towards a calculus of influence in livestock research for...
An ‘advocacy wheel’ diagram from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—which used it to help improve outcomes for children’s nutrition by way of the UN Sustainable Development Goals—presented by...
View Article2016 Science Forum: Rethinking agricultural pathways to inclusive development
This painting, ‘Garden in the Sky’, 1973, is by Helen Frankenthaler (1950–2011), an American abstract expressionist, as are all the other paintings on this page (via Wikiart). Next week (12–14 Apr...
View ArticleImproving food safety and human health through agricultural research: CGIAR...
Tanzanian boy with large jug of fresh milk (photo credit: East African Dairy Development project). A useful summary of the future plans of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and...
View ArticleThe Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index: Indicators for the start of a...
Tanzanian farmer with her flock of chickens (photo by BRAC via Global Giving). The Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index, piloted by ILRI in Tanzania, assesses the empowerment of women in production...
View ArticleIFPRI, ILRI leaders: Sustainable small-scale livestock farming is essential...
While the potential harms of raising livestock and consuming meat, milk, and eggs are frequently discussed in the Western media these days, their benefits for much the world’s population, especially in...
View ArticleThis week: A global event on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
This week 28–30 Nov 2018 in Bangkok A senior delegation from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is supporting and engaging in this week’s global conference on Accelerating the End...
View ArticleLaunching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local partnerships to help stem the global rise of drug-resistant pathogens that is increasingly putting public health at...
View ArticleWorld Bank report says ‘AMR-smart’ solutions needed to beat superbugs and...
Pipetting in ILRI’s bioscience laboratories (photo credit: ILRI/David White) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a silent pandemic that is a growing threat to public health leading to approximately...
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