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Establishing nutritional profiles of improved Brachiaria grass cultivars

Worldwide livestock contribute about 40% of agricultural gross domestic product and provide livelihoods and incomes for at least 1.3 billion people . Livestock are a source of employment, income, social status, and livelihoods for millions of African smallholder farmers. Moreover, livestock are a...

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CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Milk and animal source foods can help turn the tide on malnutrition for children in Rwanda

The tummies of little children need to be filled with a variety of nutritious foods for them to flourish and grow into healthy adults. This, and the importance of including animal-source foods into their diets, has been the focus of an initiative in Rwanda, aimed at building on work already done to...

  • Natalie Berkout
    Writer(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)
  • Tara Todras-Whitehill
    Visual storyteller(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)
ILRI News

Develop, Demonstrate and Deploy’: Building capacity in DNA sequencing for agricultural biosciences in Africa

Africa is incredibly rich in plant, animal, and human diversity. Uncovering the genetic basis of this diversity could hold the key to improving the productivity of crops and livestock and enhancing human health on the continent. A unique and comprehensive bioinformatics training programme has been...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Social and behaviour change improves milk consumption for Rwanda’s children

A community health worker at one of the counselling visits to pregnant and lactating women with children under five years of age (photo credit: Three Stones International). The level of chronic malnutrition among children in Rwanda remains high. Only 30% of children aged 6-23 months consume a diet...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

How in-kind performance support system is increasing access to high-quality milk in Rwanda

Staff members of the Koperative Amizero y’Aborozi next to a water tank (photo credit: TechnoServe). Since 2017, as part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and RTI International, the University of Rwanda, and TechnoServe...

Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

G-FEAST – a gendered version of FEAST Feeding cows; Tana River watershed, Kenya; Credit Georgina Smith CIAT Feeding livestock involves multiple tasks including planting, weeding and harvesting of forages, collecting and storing crop residues and purchasing of concentrate feeds. In every farming...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Research helps parents ‘give milk’ to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Rwanda

This blog was originally posted on the Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems website. by Judy Kimani, International Livestock Research Institute Gabura Amata Mubyeyi , translated from Kinyarwanda, means “Parents, Give Milk.” This phrase communicates one of the core messages resulting from an ongoing...

Beca-ILRI Hub

Supporting African-led agricultural research to drive economic growth – Part 1

Scaling up the use of Brachiaria grass as a key forage in Africa Research implemented in Kenya and Rwanda by the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub and national partners — the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (...

  • BecA-ILRI Hub Communications
Maarifa blog

ICT and social media help engage youth in agriculture

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) together with other organizations recently organized an ‘ict4ag’ conference which ran from 4-8 November, 2013 in Kigali Rwanda, shows the power of ICT and social media on influencing and engaging the young to the farming business...

  • Tsehay Gashaw
Maarifa blog

Facilitating large events – Lessons from the ict4ag Rwanda conference

This year’s most important event in the world of agricultural information and knowledge took place from 4 to 8 November in Kigali, Rwanda. ict4ag brought together over 400 participants eager to share ideas, questions, and applications supporting the use of information and communication technologies...

  • Ewen Le Borgne