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Addressing Uganda’s pig value chain constraints, the PigSmart way

Improved pigs on a farm in Hoima district (photo: ILRI/Karen Marshall). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is implementing a Uganda priority country project to address specific constraints in the pig value chain. The ‘Improving pig productivity and incomes through an...

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Four ILRI fellows attend World Food Prize symposium (virtually)

By Timothy Offei-Addo Four fellows from the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) CapDev Grand Challenge attended this year’s virtual World Food Prize symposium from 12–16 Oct. The symposium addresses cutting-edge issues in food security and nutrition and is widely considered one of...

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From framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes first scaling readiness analysis on livestock innovations

The Impact at Scale (I@S) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has published the ‘ Scaling Readiness report and scaling plan for training and certification approach for small-scale pig producers in Uganda. ’ This is the first of a series of Scaling Readiness reports and...

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CapDev Grand Challenge boosts capacity of next-generation livestock researchers to influence decision makers

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) started the CapDev Grand Challenge process to strengthen its capacity development support to individuals, national institutions and partners working in research and development in the livestock sector in West, Eastern and Southern Africa, as...

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...

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Millions of new social groups are delivering better agricultural and land management

Etching by Clint Fulkerson. Millions of geographically based new social groups are leading to more sustainable agriculture A new paper in the scientific journal Global Sustainability presents some interesting findings on the rise over the past 20 years in social movements around sustainability...

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Building gender sensitivity into the next generation of livestock scientists

A group of ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge Fellows co-creating a research concept note integrating climate science, livestock improvement, economics, policy and gender (photo credit: ILRI/Wellington Ekaya). Written by Zoë Campbell About 20 research and graduate fellows attended a virtual training...

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New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe

Cattle at a livestock market in Ukambani, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). A new European Union-funded ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe’ (LIPS-Zim) project is working to increase agricultural productivity in the country’s agro-ecological Zones IV and V. It is promoting the...

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Meat, milk and more for Africa: Four countries with successful livestock policy innovations to emulate

Graphic modified slightly from the Malabo Montpellier Panel report. A newly published Malabo Montpellier Panel report, Meat, Milk & More: Policy innovations to shepherd inclusive and sustainable livestock systems in Africa , ‘highlights options for sustainably promoting growth in the livestock...

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Expanding capacity for participatory disease surveillance in Uganda

Uganda field work in Bugiri using proportional piling to assess disease mobility and mortality in livestock (photo credit: ILRI) . This article was written by Ekta Patel and edited by Paul Karaimu In an effort to support animal disease surveillance in Uganda, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF)...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Nurturing young scientists to inform agricultural development, food security and nutrition policies in Kenya

Participants who undertook training on using research to inform agriculture policy and practice in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Leonard Kirui). Policymaking is a vital aspect of governance in the agriculture sector. In Kenya, the agriculture sector, which includes livestock farming, contributes...

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ILRI trains East Africa officials on measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems

ILRI news Livestock production is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. But global estimates of these emissions are based on emission factors from developed countries. There is limited data on emissions from livestock systems in developing countries, which has...