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Partners review progress of implementing Bihar’s livestock master plan

Livestock sector stakeholders and partners in Bihar, India, met recently to review the implementation of the state’s livestock master plan three years after its launch. The 8 October 2022 meeting at the Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) in the state capital, Patna, brought together close to...

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India’s Odisha State launches master plan to spur livestock sector investment and growth

A master plan to guide the long-term investment and growth of Odisha’s livestock sector is now available. The Odisha livestock master plan (LMP) was launched by the state government’s Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department (F&ARD) under the leadership of Shri Suresh Kumar...

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National meeting assesses the status and economic benefits of donkeys and mules in India

Since January 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and partners have been mapping the India’s donkey and mule population to identify their usage patterns in rural and urban communities. In addition to providing draft work for agriculture in India, donkeys provide milk for...

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New study explores governance of milk quality and safety in the informal sector in Assam, India

Scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) have published a new study that explores how the safety of milk and dairy products is understood and managed within the informal dairy sector of Guwahati...

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ICAR and ILRI training to enhance backyard poultry production for India’s food security

A collaboration between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) is supporting the development of backyard poultry production systems in India. Among other activities, the project is developing the indigenous chicken-specific...

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Exploring measures to curb the spread of African swine fever in northeast India

Experts in India met in a recent regional workshop to design a comprehensive African swine fever (ASF) management plan in response to the negative impacts of the disease on the livelihoods of millions of farmers in the northeast of the country. Held on 8 July in Assam, the workshop was co-hosted by...

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Available now: Issue 9 of ILRI South Asia Newsletter

The ninth issue of the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) South Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities of this region from January to June 2022. Newsletter of ILRI South Asia, issue 9 Download To get regular updates on ILRI in Asia, click...

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A livestock master plan is produced for India's Odisha State

The following is a foreword by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), to a new ILRI report, Odisha Livestock Master Plan 2022/23–2026/27 . 'The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners have, since 2013, provided technical...

  • Enock Chikava
    Agriculture development interim director(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
  • Shri R. Raghu Prasad
    IFS principal secretary, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department(Government of Odisha)
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Virtual strategic consultation to prevent transboundary infectious disease spread in South Asia organized by ILRI

A strategic consultation meeting to explore ways to prevent transboundary infectious diseases (TAD) from the livestock and poultry sectors of South Asian countries was jointly organized by the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS...

ILRI and ICAR partners conduct hands-on training on reducing methane emissions from livestock

Twenty-two researchers from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) and Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) participated in a lecture series and hands-on training program focused on methane emissions in the livestock sector from...

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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 side event discusses the role of informal markets within future food systems

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 takes place on 7–8 December 2021. The summit comes at a critical time, midway through the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, with only five years left to achieve the World Health Assembly targets on maternal, infant and young child nutrition,...

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Loss of communal grazing lands in India threatens the status of pastoralist women

Communal grazing lands, or commons, are an essential resource for pastoralists in India. Pastoralists historically managed these lands through rich and diverse local traditions that not only gave women equal access to the commons but also established them as the primary economic actors in pastoral...