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CGIAR and national plant protection organizations strengthen collaboration for healthier forage landscapes in eastern and southern Africa

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World Zoonoses Day 2025: How ILRI is combating Rift Valley fever in Africa

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ILRI partnership with private sector turns young woman’s pastime into a thriving poultry agribusiness in Tanzania

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

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

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

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Africa rises to combat drought and desertification

Trials for new genetically modified vaccines approved

Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border

Explainer: How germs outsmart antimicrobials and why it’s making us sicker

Exclusive: Inside the thriving wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic

How low-emissions livestock are transforming dairy farming in Africa

ILRI partners in KSh 3.66B global project to curb livestock methane with natural breeding solutions

Government to invest in research to develop climate-resilient technologies

Mudavadi says gov't to grow agriculture to Ksh.3.9 trillion in five years

Official visit to the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi