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New study evaluates antimicrobial use by smallholder poultry farmers in Kajiado and Machakos counties in Kenya

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FoodSENSE offers new ways of assessing and tackling malnutrition in Uganda

Demba Sabally, the Gambian Minister for Agriculture meets with some of the ministry officials and stakeholders during one of the events to launching the Gambia LMP

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The Gambia launches five-year livestock master plan for national development

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Women rear: experiences in women veterinarian care in Ghana

Women rear: experiences in women veterinarian care in Ghana

Healthier animal, happier farmer: Quan's story

Healthier animal, happier farmer: Quan's story

Celebrating India’s dairy success on the country’s 75 independence anniversary

Celebrating India’s dairy success on the country’s 75 independence anniversary

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Roger Thurow on global poverty - Part 1

International Women's Day 2023 - Digital apps and drones in livestock farming

International Women's Day 2023 - Digital apps and drones in livestock farming

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ILRI says farewell to Director General Jimmy Smith

Ghana: Why the goats won't die on her watch

Ghana: Why the goats won't die on her watch

Why women are essential in livestock development—and why livestock are essential in women’s lives

Hank Fitzhugh receives Texas A&M Outstanding Alumni Award

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Scientist's new tool to help monitor status of animal pastures

Ministry Receives National Poultry Development Strategy (2022-2031) From ILRI

Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of Disease

Nyaki District farmers adopt fodder production to alleviate cattle deaths

Cattle gene found for selective breeding in disease control

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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases

The next pandemic: What scientists know so far

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