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Full adoption of existing mitigation strategies can help meet livestock methane reduction targets by 2030

An ILRI scientist recently published a paper in the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Reproduced here is the press release published in EurekAlert . Amid the often-distressing news about climate change, some good news: Existing strategies could mitigate livestock methane...

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New film highlights women’s role in protecting the world’s rangelands and pastoral communities

Rangelands cover 54 per cent of the earth’s terrestrial surface and provide valuable ecosystem services such as water retention and carbon sequestration. They also support the livelihoods of millions of pastoralists who turn rangeland resources into food and livestock products. However, in the face...

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Decades of foundational animal health research showcased in new book

3 Nov 2021 ILRI launches a book detailing the impacts of livestock research for development conducted by ILRI and its many partners since the early 1970s. Check out the book's landing page . Below is just one of the many stories outlined in the book. Decades of foundational animal health research...

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The Africa Dairy Genetics Gains team trains service providers and farmers on breeding practices and provides data capture tools

The Africa Dairy Genetics Gain (ADDG) program held a seven-day training to teach farmers and animal health service providers cattle estrous synchronization, fixed time artificial insemination and data collection. The training held from 20 June – 1 July 2022 was organized by the ADGG team comprising...

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Two new ‘One Health’ projects are launched to improve human health

A workshop kicked off two new projects—the CGIAR Initiative on Protecting Human Health through a One Health Approach and the ICT4Health project funded by the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs—on 3 August in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two projects will help improve human health by...

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Biodiversity conservation to control zoonotic disease spillover

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and the African Wildlife Foundation organized the Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens and stakeholders to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature,...

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New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images Anja Gassner , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) ; Philip Dobie , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) , and Terry Sunderland , University of British Columbia The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the...

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    Global Landscapes Forum science advisor and senior scientist(ICRAF)
  • Philip Dobie
    Senior fellow(ICRAF)
  • Terry Sunderland
    Professor in the faculty of forestry(University of British Columbia)
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How viable are schemes to give poor people making and selling ‘informal’ milk greater market access?

Artworks on this page: Various Jugs, by Katie Grobler. A new re port from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) reviews the effectiveness of training and certification schemes designed to give small-scale ‘...

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‘Genomic time travel’ for better African cattle—New paper describes a ‘rich mosaic of traits’ and an ‘evolutionary jolt’

Scientists from ILRI, Korea and other partners have discovered a new set of genetic markers in African cattle that signal beneficial characteristics, with a view to harnessing them for future generations. ‘In a multi-national collaborative effort, scientists have announced the discovery of a new...

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ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station to serve as conservancy and critical wildlife corridor for Nairobi National Park

ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station (photo credit: ILRI/Jake Meyers). ‘Nairobi National Park wildlife ecosystem has more than doubled its land size to 78,000 acres after two institutions agreed to integrate their land with the wildlife conservancy. On Thursday, 24 Sep 2020, the Kapiti Research Station...

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