9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference

The 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Annual Agricultural Conference website is now live! Learn how to submit your abstracts or become a sponsor

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9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference

The 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Annual Agricultural Conference website is now live! Learn how to submit your abstracts or become a sponsor

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66th ILRI Board of Trustees meeting, 13-15 April 2025

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Unlocking sustainable livestock’s potential through research for better lives and a better planet: ILRI Corporate Strategy 2024–2030

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Unlocking sustainable livestock’s potential

Unlocking sustainable livestock’s potential through research for better lives and a better planet: ILRI Corporate Strategy 2024–2030

  • International Livestock Research Institute

Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031

  • Leggesse, Getachew
  • Gelmesa, U.
  • Jembere, T.
  • Degefa, T.
  • Bediye, S.
  • Teka, T.
  • Temesgen, D.
  • Tesfu, Y.
  • Berhe, A.
  • Gemeda, L.
  • Takele, D.
  • Beyene, G.
  • Belachew, G.
  • Hailu, G.
  • Chemeda, S.
ILRI Forage Genebank: 40 years

ILRI Forage Genebank: 40 years

  • International Livestock Research Institute

Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031 (የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ የወተት ሀብት ልማት እስትራቴጂ 2015–2024)

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia

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Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

Optimizing the One Health approach in agriculture: Needs interdisciplinary and multilateral resources

Optimizing the One Health approach for agriculture: The need for intersectoral collaborations and multilateral resources

What happens at Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy?

What happens at Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy?

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Ethiopia's livestock: An interview with Namukolo Covic

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The RAMONA project and potential linkages to the ILRI platform

  • Griffiths, Patrick

CGSpace - a multi-purpose knowledge publishing platform

  • Ballantyne, Peter G.
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Bridging the Gap Between Agri-Food Policy and Science in Kenya

  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Keenan, Michael
  • Njoroge, Grace
  • Breisinger, Clemens
  • Kirui, Leonard
  • Ndegwa, Richard
  • Maru, Joyce
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MorePork - RHoMIS midline survey of smallholder pig producers in Uganda

  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • Lutakome, Pius
  • Hammond, James
  • Teufel, Nils

Replication data for: Consumer preferences and market segmentation for differentiated beef with less environmental impact

  • Enciso, Karen
  • Burkart, Stefan

Pig production in Uganda - adapting to climate change

  • Zaake, Paul
  • Paul, Birthe K.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Dione, Michel M.
  • Ouma, George O.
  • Ndambi, Asaah O.
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