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Mohapatra takes a gas reading from fermentation bottles incubated at the ILRI Mazingira Centre (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor).

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Different journeys, one mission: Advancing low-emission livestock solutions

Ayele Harvests fresh forage

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How growing forage for livestock turned a small plot into a thriving family business

ILRI technical assistant holding Calliandra calothyrsus a fodder shrub grown at the ILRI farm in Nairobi Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor)

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Could familiar shrubs help Kenyan dairy farmers produce more milk, cut costs and reduce methane emissions?

Camels in Ethiopia

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Getting ahead of El Niño: turning early warnings into action across the Horn of Africa

Joseph Oyelude and Deborah Ogundepo from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, conduct field measurements as part of hands-on greenhouse gas monitoring at the ILRI Mazingira Centre in Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor)

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Closing Africa's climate data gap, one scientist at a time

A smiling woman feeding her cows

Why the conversation about livestock and hunger needs to change

Members of the committee of experts and stakeholder representatives at the technical workshop on the draft Seeds and Plant Varieties Bill 2026 and the draft Plant Genetic Resources Institute Bill 2026, held at Lake Naivasha Resort, on 7–10 July 2026 (photo credit: ILRI/Joyce Wanderi).

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CGIAR supports Kenya’s reform of seed sector and plant genetic resources laws

ILRI Director General Appolinaire Djikeng launches the Asia-Pacific sustainable livestock recommendations and CGIAR One Health briefs in Rome, 21 September 2026.

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ILRI launches sustainable livestock recommendations and One Health investment briefs at FAO global conference

Ethio-Seed Hub

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From crisis to infrastructure: Ethiopia launches Ethio-Seed Hub to strengthen food systems planning and transformation