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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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Press release: Livestock research institute opens new office in Nepal

Published date: 25 January 2021 Media contact: Habibar Rahman, ILRI regional representative for South Asia, r.habibar@cgiar.org Padmakumar Varijakshapanicker, ILRI country representative for Nepal, v.padmakumar@cgiar.org The International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) announced the opening...

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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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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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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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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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African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward

A pig in northwest Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hanh Le). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs that has caused serious economic and production losses in Asia, where China has seen direct economic losses of an estimated USD141 billion. This transboundary...

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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...

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National dialogue sets the stage for road map on integrated livestock development in India

Earlier this month, a two-day national dialogue on land use for livestock development in India discussed the creation of a land use road map for integrated livestock development in the country. The road map is expected to support integrated livestock sector growth in India that ensures benefits for...