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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Towards an inclusive and efficient beef market system in Northwest of Vietnam – Identifying appropriate interventions for market system development

The handbook is a significant milestone in the government's push to transform the sector

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Newly launched investment handbook outlines opportunities in Ethiopia’s livestock and fishery sectors

Community-based breeders in Bonga. Photo credit ILRI Brook Makonnen

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Empowering women sheep and goat farmers in Ethiopia

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ILRI teams up with Kenyan government and partners to eradicate a severe cattle lung disease

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Vietnam marks World Food Safety Day 2025: 'Food Safety – Science in Action'

92nd WOAH General Session

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ILRI declared first Collaborating Center for One Health by WOAH

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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience

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Ethiopian Livestock and Fisheries Investment Handbook

Lubango, K., Takele, D., Jembere, T., Sime, A., Mekonnen, M., Getachew, F., Tassew, B., Lakew, A., Kasaye, A., Begna, D., Eshete, Y., Wolde, A., Tilahun, F., Zewedu, Y., Seyum, W., Lachebo, N., Teferi, M., Tessema, G. and Legese, G. 2025. Ethiopian Livestock and Fisheries Investment Handbook. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ministry of Agriculture, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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Research, innovation and impact strategy

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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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Eating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendations

  • Grace, Delia
  • Bett, Bernard K.
  • Cook, Elizabeth A.J.
  • Lam, Steven
  • MacMillan, Susan
  • Masudi, Phyllis
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  • Patel, Ekta
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  • Staal, Steven J.
  • Thomas, Lian F.
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Handbook for Kenyan dairy farmers

  • VanLeeuwen, J.
  • Mellish, K.
  • Richards, Shauna

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Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions: Where science meets smallholder needs

Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions: Where science meets smallholder needs

A tour of ILRI’s forage demo plots showcasing climate-smart livestock feed solutions

A tour of ILRI’s forage demo plots showcasing climate-smart livestock feed solutions

Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

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Ethiopia's livestock: An interview with Namukolo Covic

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The 'hidden meat' of the world

Peter Singer, Rebecca Doyle and Michel Dione

Animal welfare in lower- to middle-income countries, with Peter Singer

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The RAMONA project and potential linkages to the ILRI platform

  • Griffiths, Patrick
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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
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Replication data for: Consumer preferences and market segmentation for differentiated beef with less environmental impact

  • Enciso, Karen
  • Burkart, Stefan
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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.
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