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| 07 Mar 2008 |
| Women and Livestock: Global Challenge Dialogue |
| Poverty has a woman's face. ILRI is facilitating a global e-consultation to fight poverty through women and livestock. |
| 07 Mar 2008 |
| ILRI women in science: What's changed this International Women's Day? |
| 8 March is International Women's Day. ILRI women share their thoughts on what has changed for women in science over the last decade. |
| 04 Mar 2008 |
| Do higher meat and milk prices adversely affect poor people? |
| Based on new projections for global food demand, higher prices mean that a larger number of poor consumers will have reduced access to food. This is a key finding in the latest issue of id21 insights. |
| 29 Feb 2008 |
| Towards customer oriented animal health services |
| The Scientific and Technical Review features 'participatory epidemiology' - a customer-oriented approach to disease control and surveillance that is being successfully applied in the battle against bird flu in Indonesia. |
| 26 Feb 2008 |
| Feeding Tomorrow's Hungry Livestock |
| In January 2008 ILRI shipped 4000 samples of tropical fodders and forages to Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault for its offical opening today (26th February). This 'natural freezer' will help conserve future feed supplies. |
| 22 Jan 2008 |
| People Moves ILRI savanna scientist heads up new Center for Collaborative Conservation |
| After 15 years working out of Nairobi for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), American Robin Reid leaves for Colorado State University. |
| 17 Dec 2007 |
| Livestock Research in Asia: Strategy and action plan launched in Beijing |
| The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners have launched a new strategy and action plan for livestock research in Asia to ensure research has an impact on poverty reduction. |
| 16 Dec 2007 |
| Evolution of Poverty and Inequality in Uganda |
| According to a new report, poverty in Uganda has reduced in more than 80 percent of the rural sub-counties though this reduction has been least in the Northern region. |
| 15 Nov 2007 |
| Nine myths about livestock: One conclusion |
| The Journal of Animal Science this month features an invited review by ILRI and partners highlighting how livestock benefit the health and nutrition of poor people and dispelling some common, and dangerous, livestock myths. |
| 13 Nov 2007 |
| The Time is Now: Safeguarding Livestock Diversity |
| ILRI's Annual Report: 'The Time is Now: Safeguarding livestock diversity' has just been released. The report on 2006 work focuses on how research is helping to characterize, use and conserve the world's rapidly diminishing livestock genetic diversity. |
| 08 Nov 2007 |
| Cutting Edge Technologies to Help Kenyan Farmers Break into Export Markets |
| As global milk prices continue to soar, Kenyan small-scale farmers are poised to become major players in the market for milk. |
| 05 Nov 2007 |
| The geography of poverty in Kenya |
| Prestigious PNAS chooses ILRI and partner research on the 'geography of poverty in Kenya' for its cover article that leads a special feature on world poverty (23 Oct 2007) highlighting innovative work of exceptional significance. |
| 20 Sep 2007 |
| Another 'Inconvenient Truth' |
| ILRI director general Carlos Seré responds to an August 2007 New York Times article about animal rights groups promoting vegetarianism as an answer to global warming |
| 20 Sep 2007 |
| The Time Is Now |
| The world's first Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources was agreed at a recent FAO conference in Switzerland from 3 to 7 September. While international negotiations continue, much can be done now, before it's too late. |
| 18 Sep 2007 |
| FAQs about saving livestock genetic resources |
| 03 Sep 2007 |
| A 'Livestock Meltdown' Is Occurring As Hardy African, Asian, and Latin American Farm Animals Face Extinction |
| Scientists Call for Rapid Establishment of Livestock Genebanks To Conserve Indigenous Breeds |
| 02 Sep 2007 |
| Protecting Breeds for People |
| Animal Genetic Resources Are a Key Tool for Coping with Change in the Livestock Sector |
| 02 Sep 2007 |
| The 'Big Five' African Vintage Cows |
| We are losing the genetic resources locked up in the world's domesticated livestock at an unprecedented rate |
| 29 Aug 2007 |
| Renewed invitation! Join our e-consultation on livestock research in Asia - deadline 31 August |
| Over the next few months, ILRI will be facilitating the development of an 'Action Plan for Pro-Poor Livestock Research for Sustainable Development in South and South East Asia' and invite you to contribute your views on livestock research in Asia |
| 24 Aug 2007 |
| Livestock in Asia: The challenges and opportunities |
| 300 million poor people in Asia depend on livestock. ILRI's regional representative in Asia outlines the challenges and opportunities and provides an overview of some of ILRI's current activities |
| 23 Aug 2007 |
| Livestock in India: New publications |
| ILRI has produced two new publications on livestock in India focusing on their role in poverty alleviation and opportunities and challenges for smallholder livestock producers |
| 23 Aug 2007 |
| To market, to market, to sell a fat pig |
| Asia is home to more than half a billion pigs that provide food security and livelihoods to the majority of its rural population. Demand for pig products is soaring, but markets are consolidating. Will smallholder pig producers be able to participate or are they likely to get squeezed out? |
| 22 Aug 2007 |
| Sweet sorghum: utilizing every 'drop' |
| Poor livestock keepers in the drylands point to feed shortages as one of their biggest animal production constraints. Research in India is demonstrating that sweet sorghum's traditional use as a dual-purpose food and feed crop and its modern day use as a bio-fuel need not be mutually exclusive |
| 17 Aug 2007 |
| Germany Helps Africa Fight Bird Flu - by Investing in its People |
| Substantial GTZ support provided to ILRI and AU-IBAR has provided 80 laboratory staff in 37 African countries with specialized knowledge in rapid detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza |
| 20 Jul 2007 |
| Advancing agricultural research in Africa |
| Under the theme of 'productivity and competitiveness of African agriculture in a global economy', the 4th Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly identified key resolutions for stakeholders to action over the next three years. |
| 13 Jul 2007 |
| ILRI wins 10 awards for communication excellence |
| The international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) recently presented the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with 10 top awards for excellence in communication. |
| 11 Jun 2007 |
| Endgame |
| When is it the 'end of the game' for livestock keepers wresting a living from diminishing natural resources? A new study suggests when adaptations to increasing external stresses are no longer viable for livestock peoples and their lands. |
| 07 Jun 2007 |
| Livestock biosciences for poverty alleviation: One more arrow in the quiver! |
| Proceedings of the 4th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture 'The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa', now available for download |
| 06 Jun 2007 |
| New Strategy for Pro-Poor Dairy Development in Assam |
| ILRI and partners recently unveiled a new action plan to help the poor in Assam improve their livelihoods through the dairy sector. |
| 31 May 2007 |
| New Atlas helps identify connections between poverty and ecosystems |
| On Wednesday 30 May, ILRI and partners launched 'Nature's benefits in Kenya: An atlas of ecosystems and well-being'. It is a first attempt to provide information on how people, land and prosperity are related. |
| 29 May 2007 |
| John Vercoe Conference: Animal breeding for poverty alleviation |
| The John Vercoe Conference and seventh Peter Doherty Distinguished Lecture will take place at ILRI headquarters in Nairobi 8-9 November 2007. |
| 14 May 2007 |
| Pioneering bird flu research program launched today |
| A GBP3.9 million (USD7.8 million) study, launched today by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) to develop better ways of controlling bird flu aims to help the world's poorest farmers tackle avian flu and safeguard their livelihoods. |
| 17 Apr 2007 |
| Developing-country farmers to benefit from new foot-and-mouth disease 'roadmap' |
| A major new report launched today charts a pathway towards the effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in developing countries where the disease is a serious and growing threat. |
| 02 Apr 2007 |
| Controlling bird flu in Indonesia through local knowledge |
| 'Participatory epidemiology' - an approach to controlling livestock diseases pioneered by ILRI's Jeff Mariner and colleague Christine Jost - is being used to improve control of bird flu in Indonesia. |
| 22 Mar 2007 |
| Integrating Livestock and Water Management |
| Livestock are often neglected in water management policies, yet demand for livestock products is predicted to soar, placing even greater pressure on scarce water supplies. A new brief outlines strategies and opportunities to double livestock water productivity. |
| 12 Mar 2007 |
| Vaccine agency to reduce loss of human and animal life in developing countries is launched |
| The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed) recently unveiled animal health projects it will tackle over the next ten years. |
| 08 Mar 2007 |
| Marking International Women's Day: Thursday 8 March 2007 |
| This year's theme for International Women's Day is "Ending Impunity for violence against women and girls". |
| 20 Feb 2007 |
| Genebank Community wins Science Partnership Award |
| Research centres are honoured for their work to preserve the diversity of the world's key food and forage crops. |
| 16 Feb 2007 |
| ILRI wins two top awards |
| ILRI vaccine developers won an award for Outstanding Scientific Article. Another ILRI team conducting research on savannah ecosystems shared an award for their innovative collaboration with Maasai landowners in Kenya. |
| 26 Jan 2007 |
| New outbreak of fatal Rift Valley fever in the Horn of Africa |
| 19 Jan 2007 |
| Wellcome and Science Look to Stem Upsurge in Animal Disease Emergencies Hitting Developing Countries |
| Researchers are converging in Cambridge, UK, to find ways of translating research findings faster into pro-poor animal health policy and practice. |
| 24 Nov 2006 |
| Exploring farmer-herder relations and conflict management in Niger |
| This week, ILRI and partners are presenting research on farmer-herder relations and conflict management at an international conference on 'the future of transhumance pastoralism in west and central Africa'. |
| 13 Nov 2006 |
| ILRI hosts consultations on World Development Report 2008 |
| ILRI's director general opens a two-day consultation on the World Development Report 2008. |
| 09 Nov 2006 |
| New report maps out Africa's climate vulnerability hotspots |
| Climate change will alter growing periods and require shifts in agricultural production systems that Africa's poor can ill-afford. |
| 08 Nov 2006 |
| Climate change research by ILRI informs Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change |
| Livestock systems analysts pinpoint communities most vulnerable to the double threat of climate change and severe poverty. |
| 26 Oct 2006 |
| African animal feeds: Two decades of research now freely available on the Web |
| The most comprehensive and authoritative web-based resource on the nutritional values of livestock feeds in African agriculture has just been launched. |
| 26 Oct 2006 |
| Building African bioinformatics skills and expertise locally |
| Specialists at a new-age computing facility are seeking partnerships with international universities to develop world-class bioinformatics capacity in Africa - and Africa's first generation of bioinformaticians. |
| 17 Oct 2006 |
| World's most diverse forage collection comes under new treaty |
| On Monday 16 October 2006, world leaders in agricultural research signed agreements that guarantee long-term access to some of the world's most important collections of agricultural biodiversity. |
| 16 Oct 2006 |
| Innovative and collaborative veterinary organizations make vaccine available to Kenyan livestock keepers |
| A group of determined Kenyan livestock keepers set in motion an innovative collaboration that has benefited cattle-keeping communities throughout Kenya |
| 18 Sep 2006 |
| Battling bird flu: Taking developing countries and their contexts into account is an imperative for success |
| Fighting deadly bird flu in the developing world is more complex and difficult than in the industrialized west. To be effective, global control strategies must take developing-country contexts and perspectives into account. |
| 06 Sep 2006 |
| New tools to improve utilisation of farm animal genetic resources in developing countries |
| The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has recently launched important new information and training resources designed to improve utilisation of the full spectrum of animal genetic resources available in developing countries. |
| 05 Sep 2006 |
| The role of research in a pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya |
| New case study highlights lessons learned from Kenya's highly successful Smallholder Dairy Project. |
| 05 Sep 2006 |
| ILRI wins 5 international communication awards |
| ILRI receives 5 top honours for the institute's communications products. |
| 25 Aug 2006 |
| Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa: where are the hot spots of climate change and household vulnerability? |
| 22 Aug 2006 |
| Livestock production an effective use of water in developing countries - new study |
| New study indicates that livestock production has high potential for effective, productive and profitable use of water in agriculture. |
| 20 Aug 2006 |
| Photo Essay:- Kenya: Saving Lands and Livelihoods in Kitengela |
| 18 Aug 2006 |
| The promise of science for development |
| Doherty Lecture by Dame Bridget Ogilvie urges Africa not to follow Britain's example but rather to help its science and scientists to flourish. |
| 19 Jul 2006 |
| Innovation Africa Symposium - November 20-23, Kampala, Uganda |
| Call for papers from research and development actors. |
| 18 Jul 2006 |
| Resource guide now available on research on agriculture-health linkages |
| A new initiative aims to improve health, reduce malnutrition and food insecurity and promote pro-poor agricultural development through closer collaboration between the agriculture and health sectors. |
| 11 Jul 2006 |
| The sleeping dragon: African trypanosomosis |
| African trypanosomosis is a deadly disease that affects millions of people and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. Will this disease decrease in importance over the coming years, or will it continue its devastation? |
| 22 Jun 2006 |
| Call for case studies from riparian countries of the Nile River Basin |
| Contest call for case studies describing innovations in technology, community and household practices that result in better management of water and livestock resources. |
| 15 Jun 2006 |
| Nourishing the soil, feeding the continent |
| Participants at the Africa Fertilizer Summit held in Abuja, Nigeria, 9-13 June 2006 heard how livestock manure is protecting soils across West Africa's dryland farming systems. |
| 15 Jun 2006 |
| Policies for neglected arid lands |
| A policy research conference on Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa is being held in Nairobi 27-28 June 2006 to synthesize current knowledge and recommend strategies and policies for East Africa's troubled arid lands. |
| 15 Jun 2006 |
| Doing research business differently in eastern and southern Africa |
| Research institutions in eastern and southern Africa are changing the way they do business to unleash innovations. |
| 15 Jun 2006 |
| Future directions for livestock research for development |
| A new paper by ILRI describes new scientific tools and platforms to tackle new issues emerging in collaborative livestock research for development. |
| 29 May 2006 |
| Bird flu consultation |
| ILRI and IFPRI are convening a consultation in Nairobi from 14 to 16 June 2006 to determine how the research community can best assist developing countries in the fight against bird flu. |
| 28 Apr 2006 |
| Poultry maps prepared for fight against bird flu: Higher resolution maps urgently needed |
| Africa is now fighting bird flu literally in its backyards. Seven countries have now confirmed they have the deadly H5N1 virus in their poultry populations. |
| 20 Apr 2006 |
| ILRI in Southern Africa |
| ILRI's director general and new representative for Southern Africa visit the region to consult with partner organizations and get an update on work of the NEPAD and its establishment of regional African biosciences centres of excellence. |
| 18 Apr 2006 |
| One world, one health |
| Holistic approaches to controlling the 'perfect storm' of health problems in poor countries, particularly Africa's catastrophic disease burden, must include better control of diseases transmitted between animals and people. |
| 18 Apr 2006 |
| The collective power of the small |
| Kenya's new Dairy Development Policy aims to bring Kenya's estimated 39,000 informal milk traders into the formal sector. |
| 11 Apr 2006 |
| New pig feed technologies take off in China |
| Poor households in Sichuan are doubling their incomes by adopting research-based methods to store sweet potato leaves and vines to feed their backyard pigs almost year-round. |
| 11 Apr 2006 |
| Fodder innovations for smallholders in India |
| Improved fodder varieties and technologies offer better quality feed all year through for highly valued livestock in Hyderabad. |
| 10 Apr 2006 |
| ILRI's Board of Trustees holds its 25th meeting |
| Highlights from the ILRI Board of Trustees meeting held at the institute's Nairobi campus. |
| 05 Apr 2006 |
| BBC World Service features Kenya's dairy story |
| The third edition of the BBC World Service series Small is Beautiful will be broadcast on Thursday 6th April and this week looks at Kenya's highly successful informal dairy sector. |
| 04 Apr 2006 |
| Bird maps developed for Uganda |
| ILRI and Uganda experts have just produced a series of poultry density maps for Uganda, which will provide information on potentially threatened areas in the event of bird flu reaching the country. |
| 08 Mar 2006 |
| International Women's Day 8 March 2006 |
| Africa's women livestock farmers fulfill on Africa's renewal |
| 23 Feb 2006 |
| ILRI vaccine advances published in February 2006 PNAS journal |
| Public-private partnership makes major step towards improving livestock health and reducing poverty. |
| 22 Feb 2006 |
| First meeting of the Future of Livestock in Developing Countries to 2030 held in Nairobi |
| Group of 25 experts enters 'uncharted waters' in building futuristic livestock scenarios that force new thinking and new decisions. |
| 20 Feb 2006 |
| Drought continues to hit East Africa hard |
| Marc Lacey of The New York Times reports on the drought and bad planning that are hurting East Africa's drylands. |
| 08 Feb 2006 |
| Healing Wounds: Sick birds and starving cattle |
| Highly valued livestock waste away in the drought-hammered Horn of Africa. |
| 06 Feb 2006 |
| ILRI scientist Simon Graham wins international "Promising Young Scientist" award |
| Young scientist receives prestigious award at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)'s annual general meeting. |
| 01 Feb 2006 |
| Bird flu threatens countries already in crisis |
| The deadly H5N1 virus claims its first victim in Iraq while Africa girds itself for a battle against a new pandemic. |
| 01 Feb 2006 |
| Killing drought hits the horn of Africa |
| The worst drought in 22 years is ravaging Kenya and its neighbours, killing livestock and livestock livelihoods. |
| 01 Feb 2006 |
| 'Healing wounds' in the horn of Africa |
| Two livestock projects show how research can help emergency agencies deliver more relief per dollar. |
| 27 Jan 2006 |
| ILRI research in the Nile Basin, Ethiopia and Sudan |
| At a meeting of the CGIAR in Morocco last December, ILRI reported on community-focused research in Central and Western Asia and North Africa to improve agriculture, water, ruminant health and market opportunities for poor farmers and marketers. |
| 29 Nov 2005 |
| Avian flu and the developing world |
| A CGIAR news release and brief on how bird flu impacts the poor and fair ways of managing the threat. |
| 28 Nov 2005 |
| CDC expert updates Kenya on Avian Influenza |
| Kenyan CDC expert Dr Kariuki Njenga tells of Kenya's preparedness for bird flu. "The best way to manage the threat is to control the disease at its source - in birds." |
| 10 Nov 2005 |
| Unleashing the potential of livestock in Africa |
| ILRI's Director General Carlos Seré addresses talks held by African ministers responsible for animal resources in Kigali, Rwanda. |
| 09 Nov 2005 |
| Community animal health services beat disease and poverty in Ghibe Valley, Ethiopia |
| Click on the title above for the story and view the accompanying slideshow on the right. |
| 02 Nov 2005 |
| Kenya Government follows up the ILRI-Kenya poverty mapping book Volume I with Volume II, launched this week in Nairobi |
| 01 Nov 2005 |
| ILRI and WHO agree to work together more closely for better human health |
| ILRI and WHO sign a memorandum of understanding to promote human health and the control of zoonotic diseases. |
| 01 Nov 2005 |
| Electronic version of important poverty mapping book for Uganda available here |
| 23 Oct 2005 |
| Tribute to John Vercoe, former Chair of ILRI Board of Trustees |
| 11 Oct 2005 |
| West Africa's regional livestock trade |
| Regional livestock trade in West Africa is suffering due to lack of policy integration and illegal cross-border "taxes". |
| 05 Sep 2005 |
| ILRI and partners launch project to increase livestock water productivity in the Nile Basin |
| ILRI and partners launch an innovative livestock-water project at a workshop in Kampala, Uganda. |
| 15 Aug 2005 |
| Numbers of malnourished children in Africa predicted to grow |
| New study is 'reality check' for forthcoming World Summit +5 The number of malnourished children in Niger and other African countries will grow if neglect of agricultural research and development continues, a policy institute report warns. Innovative agricultural practices are needed. |
| 10 Aug 2005 |
| Photo Essay:- Niger: Behind the famine footage |
| 08 Aug 2005 |
| Increasing developing-country livestock trade without increasing disease |
| Are there opportunities for greater trade of livestock products from developing countries without increasing the risk of spreading animal diseases? |
| 08 Aug 2005 |
| Niger: Emergency assistance is not enough |
| Emergency assistance is not enough to end Niger's hunger problems. The underlying causes of the current crisis can be addressed only through longer term research, development and policy programs focusing on agriculture, particularly on livestock keeping, the backbone of Nigerian livelihoods. |
| 02 Aug 2005 |
| Livestock aid urgently needed for Niger families |
| Without livestock aid the crisis in Niger will worsen and more food and other aid will be needed. |