The Programme for Climate-Smart Livestock (PCSL) hosted a Futures Thinking workshop for livestock sector stakeholders in Kenya. The virtual workshop brought together 35 participants representing stakeholders in the country from the government, private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),...
Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), today gave the keynote speech at a launch of a seminal report from UN Nutrition on Livestock-derived foods and sustainable healthy diets . What follows is an expanded draft that Smith prepared for the brief talk...
(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Susan MacMillan, ILRI emeritus fellow) Jimmy Smith , director general of the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), spoke this week (27 May 2021) at...
The first Nobel Prize Summit , held virtually on 26–28 Apr 2021, brought together Nobel Prize laureates, scientists, policymakers and business and youth leaders to explore what could be achieved in this decade to put the world on a path to a more sustainable, more prosperous future for all of...
Five scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) participated last week in rich conversations about COVID-19 and use of One Health approaches to prevent such pandemics in future. The ILRI researchers (and many others—please check the seminar webpage for a full list of...
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has officially launched its programs in Nepal. Bimal Kumar Nirmal, acting secretary in Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), officially launched ILRI’s livestock research programs in the country on 23 April 2021 at...
The African Dairy Genetics Gains (ADGG) project, which is led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and implemented by multiple partners in Ethiopia and Tanzania, is addressing livestock productivity challenges to improve dairy production in the two countries. To celebrate key...
To strengthen ongoing work in the control of zoonotic diseases, or diseases transmitted from animals to humans, in Vietnam, the second phase of the framework for One Health Partnership for Zoonoses ( OHP ), was officially launched in Hanoi on 23 March 2021. This initiative by the Vietnamese...
Two of ILRI’s senior scientists discuss what’s next in vaccine development and public health measures Vish Nene , co-leader animal and human health program, and Dieter Schillinger , deputy director general of research and development–biosciences, gave presentations on the status of vaccine...
The header image was painted by primary school children from Kangemi, Kenya at ILRI's Mazingira Centre in 2015 (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Experts from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) were well-represented at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held 18-...
Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images Anja Gassner , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) ; Philip Dobie , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) , and Terry Sunderland , University of British Columbia The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the...
The header image is a painting titled 'Maasai Herding' by Kenyan artist Kahare Miano. Delia Grace, a veterinary epidemiologist and food safety expert on joint appointment with the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), in Kenya, and the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources...
