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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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Sounding the alarm: The impact of COVID-19 on global food security and nutrition

Jimmy Smith , the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), spoke on 14 Oct, 2020 about how to prepare for and prevent future pandemics at a Committee on World Food Security (CFS) high-level event . The event, held virtually over three days and in lieu of the...

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The future of agricultural extension in Africa is digital

It’s July 2020 and Catherine Mwangangi’s cow is sick – rough looking skin, feeding issues and challenges walking. Worried, she calls a vet who treats the cow for a tick borne disease, but it doesn’t seem to be getting better. An SMS comes through on her phone: “ Dear Smart Farmer, Do you have...

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    Communications specialist(Gemaker)
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Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health

Action for Animal Health is a new coalition that aims to secure greater support for animal health systems with a focus on: increasing and improving the animal health workforce; closing the veterinary medicines and vaccines gap; improving animal disease detection, surveillance and management;...

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Scientists in Africa explore use of surrogate sires to improve small ruminant breeds

In Pullman, Washington, the director and reproductive biologist at the Center for Reproductive Biology, Jon Oatley, and his team have generated a gene-edited goat, known as surrogate sire—a goat that is capable of ‘hosting’ sperm from a different buck. Oatley believes that this technology is the key to unlocking the growing demand for food and nutritional security and has paired up with scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the University of Nairobi to apply the technology in Africa.

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Fauci, Doudna and Doherty offer 'pandemic science guide' at the Nobel Prize Summit last week

The first Nobel Prize Summit , held virtually on 26–28 Apr 2021, brought together Nobel Prize laureates, scientists, policymakers and business and youth leaders to explore what could be achieved in this decade to put the world on a path to a more sustainable, more prosperous future for all of...

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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)
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    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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