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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...

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On-farm Feed Advisor shows potential to increase animal productivity and enhance farmer livelihoods

In early 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched the On-farm Feed Advisor (OFA) , a mobile-based application designed to help farmers and extension workers balance nutrients in the diets of dairy animals. After undergoing successful pilot testing in India, OFA is being...

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ILRI and India’s Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying discuss priority areas for livestock sector development

(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Chi Nguyen and Paul Karaimu, communications officer, ILRI). In late August this year, Habibar Rahman , the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI )...

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CGIAR One Health initiative to forge a partnership of win-win cooperation in India

A woman feeds her pigs in Nagaland, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). On 24 August 2021, about 60 stakeholders from government, research and academia across India gathered virtually to discuss a proposed new CGIAR initiative to protect human health through a One Health approach . It is one of...

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Available now: Issue 7 of ILRI South Asia Newsletter

The seventh 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 2021. Click here to read ILRI South Asia newsletter, issue 7 To get regular updates on ILRI in Asia, click...

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Winning, ‘climate-smart’, ways to feed India’s dairy cows—Jimmy Smith, of ILRI

(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Susan MacMillan, ILRI emeritus fellow) Jimmy Smith , director general of the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), spoke this week (27 May 2021) at...

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ILRI releases training manuals on best practices for strengthening livestock value chains in Assam, India

The International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) has released a set of training manuals on best practices for improving the quality and safety of informal dairy and pork value chains in Assam, India. The manuals were unveiled at the 2021 Livestock and Poultry Show in Guwahati, Assam, India,...

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Available now: Issue 6 of ILRI South Asia Newsletter

The sixth 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 July to December 2020. Click here to read ILRI South Asia issue 6 Download To get regular updates on ILRI in Asia, click...

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Strengthening capacity to tackle methane emissions from livestock in India

More than 40 Indian livestock experts who are working to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from the livestock sector benefited from a recent training workshop on assessing and reducing the impact methane emissions from cattle in the country. Jointly organized by the International Livestock...

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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...