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ILRI’s annual Capacity Development Grand Challenge sees an increased number of entries in 2020

Every year since 2019, Wellington Ekaya, ILRI’s head of Capacity Development has been hosting the CapDev Grand Challenge, a vibrant contest that sees young and upcoming livestock researchers make a pitch to explain their research in three minutes, to effectively engage with donors and policymakers...

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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 2020. 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.

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Strengthening wildlife health capacities and use of One Health can support global efforts to eradicate ‘goat plague’

In Africa, ILRI is implementing the Epidemiology and Control of Peste des petits ruminants (ECO-PPR) research project, with several partners in East and West Africa and in collaboration with French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organization (CIRAD) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to support initiatives towards eradicating PPR.

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Scientists find genomic regions associated with better quality stover traits in maize for animal feed

Researchers from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and the International Livestock Research Institute(ILRI) have identified new genomic regions associated with maize stover quality allowing maize breeders to select for stover quality traits quickly and most cost effectively. Results demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating genomic prediction as a tool to improve stover traits, circumventing the need for field or lab-based phenotyping.

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ILRI revamps and relaunches sequencing service unit

The International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI) has relaunched its sequencing, genotyping and oligosynthesis platform (Segolip) service unit in Nairobi due to meet increasing demand for sequencing services from researchers in Africa. Established in 1993, the Segolip Unit is ILRI’s...

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Towards eradicating rabies in Kenya: One Health Centre in Africa supports vaccination campaign in Machakos

The International Livestock Research Institute led One Health Centre in Africa (OHRECA) in partnership with Machakos County government, the Zoonotic Disease Unit (ZDU) and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières-Germany (VSF-G) have launched a rabies vaccination campaign in Machakos County as part of an...

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ILRI deploys the Nobel Prize-winning technology, CRISPR-Cas9, to accelerate African swine fever vaccine development

Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have been working to develop a vaccine for African swine fever, a lethal and contagious haemorrhagic viral disease in domestic pigs caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV). Currently there are no vaccines on the market, but several are under development. Scientists at ILRI are applying the cutting-edge Nobel Prize-winning genome editing technology known as CRISPR technology to fast-track rational development of live-attenuated ASFV vaccine candidates. ILRI scientists have generated 10 ASFV vaccine candidates due to be tested for their safety and efficacy beginning the first quarter of 2021.

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CGIAR AMR Hub strengthens partnerships and research to reduce agriculture-associated antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

The CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub , which is hosted and led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is working the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) , World Fish and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to address agricultural-associated...

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Updated CGIAR feed database provides best-cost livestock feed rations for sub-Saharan Africa

Fifty three new accessions of Napier grass received at Forage Genebank, ILRI, Addis Ababa from EMBRAPA, Br azil (photo credit: ILRI) An updated CGIAR livestock feeds database for sub-Saharan Africa is now available. Containing the nutritive values of over 44,000 forage and fodder samples, the...

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New One Health Centre in Africa joins global efforts to prevent future pandemics

Annett Günther, the German ambassador to Kenya, and Jimmy Smith, ILRI’s director general, at the inauguration of the One Health Centre in Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). This post was developed by Ekta Patel and Geoffrey Njenga, and edited by Paul Karaimu . This year the global One Health...

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A new study gives insights on Napier (elephant) grass, a fast-growing tropical grass

Martha Anyango of Homabay County in her plot of improved napier grass (Ouma variety) planted in Tumbukiza holes (photo credit: AVCD/ FIPS R. Jumah) Napier grass, which is also known as elephant grass, is one of the most important fodder crops grown across the global tropics. This grass is the main...

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One Health Centre in Africa

One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (Logo designed by ILRI/CKM) . The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has established a One Health Centre in Africa (OHRECA) to enhance the health of people, animals and their shared environment in the continent. Funded by...