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Urban food markets in Africa: stakeholders discuss project findings

The research project ‘ Urban food markets in Africa: Incentivizing food safety using a pull-push approach’ aims to mitigate food safety risks in the poultry and vegetable chains of Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. Initiated in 2018, the project, led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI...

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Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

Woman pastoralist milks her goat (Photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) To launch research activities in support of controlling peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in West Africa, a workshop held last month in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, outlined a roadmap for the implementation of the project at...

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Vacancy for a researcher on quantitative microbiological risk assessment

We are looking for a researcher who is a motivated team player with a great interest in the quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) and who has an affinity with behaviour of foodborne pathogens and cost-benefit analysis. This project is centred around the poultry and fresh vegetables...

  • Kristina Rösel
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Four major livestock investment opportunities highlighted at Burkina Faso national planning conference

By Augustine Ayantunde Cattle in Ninigui village, Yatenga, Burkina Faso (photo credit: CCAFS/P Casier). In 2016, the Government of Burkina Faso launched a five-year economic and social development plan known as the ‘Plan National de Développement Economique et Sociale (PNDES)’ in French. Some of...

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Shortages in quality animal feed hinder availability of nutritious animal-source foods

Driven by population growth, urbanization and rising incomes, demand for livestock products in Africa and Asia may increase by 200% by 2030. Increased availability of milk, meat and eggs offers huge opportunities to meet this demand, improve diets and decrease malnourishment, especially among...

  • James Stapleton
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Gates Foundation grants Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems USD8.7 million to improve human nutrition in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

Drying and storing animal fodder, and feeding and milking cattle, in West Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). The University of Florida has been awarded USD8.7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund livestock research over the next five years to tackle high rates of...