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Burundi steps up surveillance and response efforts to control Rift Valley fever

Burundi has stepped up efforts to prevent and control Rift valley fever, which was first reported in the country this April. With support from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa and Regional Integrated Agricultural...

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One Health Centre in Africa supports Burundi’s response to Rift Valley fever

On 10 April 2022, Burundi reported its first Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak and notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of the outbreak on 3 June 2022. The disease was first detected in Muyinga, Ngozi and Kirundo provinces in the northeast of the country and gradually spread...

Mazingira blog

GIZ’s program for returning experts supports the Mazingira Centre to improve capacity and delivery

​ The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) have jointly donated equipment worth more than €17,000 to the Mazingira Centre at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to enhance its animal nutrition laboratory...

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Empowering the private sector to improve veterinary service delivery in Ethiopia

Livestock keepers in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara regions are enjoying improved animal health services following increased involvement of the private sector in the veterinary service delivery system. This is the result of ongoing trials of eight public-private partnership (PPP) models by the...

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GIZ’s program for returning experts supports the Mazingira Centre to improve capacity and delivery  

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) have jointly donated equipment worth more than €17,000 to the Mazingira Centre at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to enhance its animal nutrition laboratory...

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Sustainable livestock systems

Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Senegal: Disclosure notice for labour management procedures

Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implemented in Africa to help deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture. AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the...

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ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge propels early career researchers on the path to creating transformative development impact

The latest cycle of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) CapDev Grand Challenge began in earnest on April 13, when 30 graduate students, research fellows and researchers from national programs participated in the CapDev research pitching contest —the first step in a long journey of...

AgHealth blog

ILRI and partners develop benchmarks for undergraduate food safety curriculum for East Africa

Towards enhancing food safety in East Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa ( IUCEA ) have been working with food safety experts from universities in the...

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Winners of the CapDev Grand Challenge research pitching contest represent the bright future of agri-food research

On April 19, ILRI hosted a virtual award ceremony for the CapDev Grand Challenge research pitching contest which had been held a week earlier on April 13. In the week leading up to the ceremony, a panel of seven judges led by chief judge Judith Ann Francis reviewed the research pitches from all 30...

ILRI Asia

Thông cáo báo chí: Khởi động sáng kiến mới dựa vào chăn nuôi giúp cải thiện sinh kế, dinh dưỡng và hòa nhập giới ở vùng cao Tây Bắc

Trong hai ngày 20-21 tháng 04 năm 2022 đã diễn ra hội thảo khởi động sáng kiến mới của One CGIAR ‘Sáng kiến năng suất chăn nuôi bền vững vì sinh kế, dinh dưỡng và hòa nhập giới’ (gọi tắt là SAPLING ) tại tỉnh Sơn La. Hội thảo có sự tham dự của khoảng 80 đại biểu, là đại diện của chính quyền địa...

ILRI Asia

Press release: New livestock-based initiative launched for better livelihoods, nutrition and gender inclusion in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam

A two-day workshop, 20-21 April 2022, kicked off the One-CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (or SAPLING ) in Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam. The workshop brought together about 80 key stakeholders from Son La province including...

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ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge research pitching contest shows potential to grow transformational livestock researchers

On April 13, 2022, 30 graduate students and research fellows from National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in countries where ILRI works gathered virtually for ILRI’s CapDev Grand Challenge research pitching contest . The CapDev Grand Challenge is a 10-month process conceived and designed by...