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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...

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India’s Odisha state starts work on a livestock master plan

Rearing goats in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) . The Indian state of Odisha has officially rolled-out the process of designing a ‘livestock master plan’ (LMP) with the support of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The process started on 22 Oct...

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Remembering Michael Blümmel

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Michael Blümmel , a principal scientist and deputy program leader in the feed and forage development program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Michael passed away on Monday, 12 Oct 2020, after a short illness in his...

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How viable are schemes to give poor people making and selling ‘informal’ milk greater market access?

Artworks on this page: Various Jugs, by Katie Grobler. A new re port from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) reviews the effectiveness of training and certification schemes designed to give small-scale ‘...

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Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets

A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) reviews the status and policy contexts of informal milk markets in Kenya, Tanzania and Assam (India) to better...

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Issue 5 of ILRI South Asia Newsletter is out

The fifth 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 July 2020. Click here to read ILRI South Asia Newsletter Issue 5 . To get regular updates on ILRI in Asia, click...

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ILRI feed technology research platform makes more fodder available to developing-world livestock keepers

Gujar nomads with buffalo near Mussorie during the workshop to develop a tool for Feed Technology Screening and Prioritisation, Dehra Dun, India (photo credit: ILRI/Nils Teufel). Located at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru, India,...

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Training on the economics of animal health to improve management of disease threats in India

More than 20 researchers from various institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been trained on animal disease economics and frameworks for risk analysis and risk management to improve veterinary disease prevention and control in India. In India, 35% of the losses in...

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ILRI and India’s National Institute of Animal Biotechnology explore collaboration opportunities in livestock disease diagnostics and vaccine development

(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, a consultant scientist with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Paul Karaimu, senior communications officer, ILRI) In October 2019, senior officials from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Department of...