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Le Professeur Appolinaire Djikeng nommé Directeur Général d’ILRI et Directeur Principal des systèmes d'élevage du CGIAR

Le Conseil d'Administration de l'Institut International de Recherche sur l'Elevage (ILRI) et le CGIAR viennent de nommer le Professeur Appolinaire Djikeng aux postes de directeur général d’ILRI et directeur principal des systèmes d'élevage du CGIAR. Premier Africain à être porté à la tête de l'...

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ILRI and CGIAR appoint Professor Appolinaire Djikeng as Director General of ILRI and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Board of Trustees and CGIAR have appointed Professor Appolinaire Djikeng as Director General of ILRI and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems. Professor Djikeng is a globally-recognized expert in developing multi-disciplinary, multi-...

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Jimmy Smith, director general at the International Livestock Research Institute and champion of sustainable livestock, set to retire

Jimmy W. Smith, the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), is set to retire at the end of this month, after an 11-year tenure at ILRI marked by steady growth, scientific breakthroughs, and beneficial partnerships with a wide array of governmental and non-...

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A royal visit

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway visited the International Livestock Research Institute’s Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy on 24 November 2022 as part of a recent state visit to Kenya. He was accompanied by Norwegian Ambassador to Kenya, H.E Gunnar Andreas...

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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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A new model of pathogen transmission in developing urban landscapes

ILRI scientists recently published a paper in the journal Nature Microbiology. Reproduced here is the press release published in EurekAlert. Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the University of Liverpool, the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere have traced how...

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The remarkable life of Alexandre Yersin

A doctor who made extraordinary contributions to medicine and the people of Vietnam is honoured in new documentary. Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) was a Swiss-French polymath and physician who worked in Vietnam during the first half of the twentieth century. He made invaluable contributions as a...

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Pills for the pandemic: Dieter Schillinger gives an update on pharmaceuticals for treating COVID-19

In a presentation titled ‘Pills for the Pandemic’ for the International Livestock Research Institute’s in-house townhall on 26 November 2021, Dieter Schillinger , deputy director general of research and development–Animal and Human Health, gave an update on pharmaceuticals for treating COVID-19...

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Climate change is already hitting Africa’s livestock. Here’s how COP26 can help

Polly Ericksen , Sustainable Livestock Systems program leader, and Laura Cramer , graduate fellow, both at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), recently published an article in The Conversation about how COP-26 can do and should be doing more to help developing countries'...

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Reflections on One Health and food systems approaches: Op-ed by Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen-Viet is the co-leader of Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in China. He recently published an op-ed about his experience--and what it...

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ILRI scientist named among climate science's top 100

Philip Thornton is a principal scientist and CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) flagship leader at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). He was recently named the 39th ‘hottest’ climate change scientist by Reuters . Numerous other CGIAR...

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Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation

Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out against the harsh global inequalities in the vaccine rollout of COVID-19 at the institute’s weekly virtual meeting on the 26 March 2021. Hotez, an expert in the field of global health vaccinology and neglected tropical disease control, spoke in interview with Eric Fèvre, a joint appointee at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Institute of Infection, Ecology and Veterinary Sciences, at the University of Liverpool. Hotez works on parasitic disease in subtropical environments and has a passion for poverty-related diseases that are neglected by big pharmaceutical companies.