East Africa

The British High Commissioner to Kenya, His Excellency Mr Nic Hailey, made a courtesy visit to the International Livestock Research Institute (...

Using what’s called the Livestock Sector Investment Policy Toolkit (LSIPT), we develop a dynamic herd model and an economic sector model on top of...

Agricultural researchers working to enhance traditional pasture conservation by Tanzania’s pastoral Maasai communities are systematically...

A learning visit to the OLENGAPA grazing area was organized by the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project (SRMP) and the KINNAPA development...

Efforts towards mitigating green house gas emissions should help resource-poor farmers to not only decrease the environmental footprint of their...

Policymakers, development actors and representatives of government and the private sector met on 10 July 2018 in Ethiopia for a policy dialogue...

The importance of setting aside grazing areas for livestock and implementing village land use planning in Tanzania were highlighted during a May...

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Farmer feedback workshops carried out in Nandi and Bomet counties in Kenya addressed various challenges faced by dairy smallholders. Based on...

Access to clean seed, knowledge of good agronomic practices and hard work leads youth to a tenfold potato harvest in Kibirichia, Meru County,...

As the three year Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project winds up in September 2018, the potato value chain...

Farmer feedback workshops carried out in Nandi and Bomet counties in Kenya address various challenges faced by dairy smallholders. Based on...

Local sociocultural norms and an individual’s ability to meet socially constructed roles determine our understanding of the ‘empowerment’ of women...

The seventh edition of the Forages for the Future newsletter published in June 2018 recognized the contributions of Africa RISING program in...

‘By acting now, together and coherently, Tanzania can unleash huge potential to become a leader in livestock production in Africa’....

The Feed the Future Accelerated Value Chains Development (AVCD) program is working with county governments, ministry officials, development...

Recently, a team of scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), led by anthropologist Alessandra Galiè, in collaboration...

The members of the county executive committees agreed to create a ‘sector forum on lands’ to coordinate, harmonize and move county spatial...