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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Senegal: Disclosure notice for labour management procedures

Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implemented in Africa to help deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture. AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the...

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ILRI/livestock science leader named to EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission

Namukolo Covic , a Zambian agricultural nutritionist and the director general’s representative to Ethiopia at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has been appointed one of 23 EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commissioners. These distinguished scientific experts come from 19 countries and represent...

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Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

Ethiopian lab scientists meet to compare notes on use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to estimate livestock feed quality

Low livestock productivity mainly related to poor nutrition is a common problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Matching the available feed resources with the requirements of animals could increase productivity, reduce the environmental impacts, and reduce feed costs. Routine feed evaluation has proved very...

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Creating greater consumer demand to improve food safety in Ethiopia

Foodborne diseases pose a serious public health threat and, globally more than half a billion people fall ill every year from the food they eat. Ensuring food safety remains a major challenge in both developing and developed countries. Consumers play an important role in improving food safety by...

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African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

African Chicken Genetic Gains transforms into Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions to build on outcomes and scale into new countries

In sub-Saharan Africa, chicken production is integral in nearly all poor rural smallholder households, account ing for about 80% of the poultry flock in the region (Akinola and Essien 2011, FAO 2020 ). For smallholder chicken farmers, many of whom are women, chicken production offers numerous...

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Improved forages empower smallholder women livestock keepers in Kenya and Ethiopia

Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all humanity, but not equally. The rural poor, particularly women, are more affected by climate-related shocks . Women and men in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa who depend on farming as a primary source of livelihood are considered more...

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Using participatory impact pathway methodology to evaluate public–private partnerships in the poultry sector in Ethiopia

A new case study on the poultry sector in Ethiopia reports on the first use of participatory impact pathway methodology to evaluate public–private partnerships in the veterinary domain. The study, published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Feb 2022), represents a milestone in building a...

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Policy gains from ILRI’s land-use planning research in eastern Africa

Reconciling land-use conflicts is a major challenge for eastern African governments today. Effective land-use planning at multiple scales is needed to facilitate optimal and conflict-free land use to support growing populations while still conserving valuable biodiversity and ecosystem services...

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Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

Scientists identify genomic regions controlling important genetic traits for Napier grass

Napier grass, also known as elephant grass, is one of the most important fodder crops grown across the global tropics. As this new year commences, a team of scientists from East Africa, China and South Korea have identified 74 genomic regions containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) – sections of DNA which correlate with a broad range of morphological, agronomic, and feed quality traits.

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BecA-ILRI Hub and Addis Ababa University organize advanced bioinformatics training

A virtual Advanced Bioinformatics and R training series was recently organized for faculty members of the Institute of Biotechnology (IoB), Addis Ababa University (AAU). The training was jointly organized by AAU and the Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research...

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For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

This article is co-authored by Esther Njuguna (ILRI), Rachel Gitundu (ILRI), Nelly Njiru (ILRI), Lenesil Asfaw (Consultant), Melkamu Derseh (ILRI) and Annet Mulema (IDRC). Ethiopia is increasingly highly vulnerable to climate change. Farmers across different regions are dealing with climate...

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Bridging the gap between scientists and the media when communicating about One Health

World One Health Day, which is celebrated annually on 3 November, brings attention to the need to recognize and implement One Health approaches to tackle health threats in the animal, human and environmental interfaces. The One Health Centre in Africa (OHRECA) , which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), hosted a virtual media café ahead of World One Health Day. Through an engaging discussion moderated by Aghan Daniel, CEO of the Media Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture Association (MESHA) , journalists and scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Kenya's Zoonotic Disease Unit , unpacked One Health approaches by broadly exploring the subject and specifically talking about public health threats such as Rift Valley fever, rabies and Ebola.