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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2020 annual report

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) published its 2020 annual report on activities and accomplishments from its five research flagships: food systems for healthier diets; biofortification; food safety; supporting policies, programs, and enabling action through...

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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)
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For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

This article is co-authored by Esther Njuguna (ILRI), Rachel Gitundu (ILRI), Nelly Njiru (ILRI), Lenesil Asfaw (Consultant), Melkamu Derseh (ILRI) and Annet Mulema (IDRC). Ethiopia is increasingly highly vulnerable to climate change. Farmers across different regions are dealing with climate...

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Loss of communal grazing lands in India threatens the status of pastoralist women

Communal grazing lands, or commons, are an essential resource for pastoralists in India. Pastoralists historically managed these lands through rich and diverse local traditions that not only gave women equal access to the commons but also established them as the primary economic actors in pastoral...

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Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable development

Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week gave a keynote presentation at the International Grasslands and International Rangelands Virtual Congress. Smith began, as almost all livestock related talks now begin, by reminding his grasslands/...

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Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Marking the Open Access Week 2021 with a focus on research output from ILRI’s Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods Program

This year’s International Open Access Week is being held between 25–31 October. The theme is 'It matters how we open knowledge: Building structural equity.' The International Open Access Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness about research outputs published in open access to enable their...

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The challenge of securing women's land rights in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Land rights remain a complex and ambiguous subject for the majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, formal state laws assert that women have equal rights regarding land use and access. However, Ethiopia's pastoral areas are often highly influenced by both religious and customary...

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Une approche « chaine de valeur » pour l’Initiative du One CGIAR sur la productivité animale durable au Mali

Value chain approach needed for the One CGIAR sustainable animal productivity initiative in Mali

  • Mourad Rekik
    (ICARDA)
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First cohort of ILRI-based One Health PhD fellowships for African researchers announced

The One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA), which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is happy to announce the first cohort of 2021 PhD fellowships whose research will address the health threats that face the continent using a...

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More than money: Setting up livestock investments for gender equity outcomes

Since 2013, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has supported countries in Africa and Asia to develop Livestock Master Plans , articulating and prioritizing their needs for investments in livestock development. Now, scientists are testing new ways to ensure that such plans, and subsequent investments, yield not only economic outcomes but also gender equity.

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Aligning and combining interventions key to One CGIAR sustainable animal productivity initiative in Ethiopia

To implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy , the CGIAR is developing a series of initiatives designed to achieve a world with sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems that deliver more diverse, healthy, safe, sufficient, and affordable diets, and ensure improved...

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National priorities to guide One CGIAR sustainable animal productivity initiative in Uganda

To implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy , the CGIAR is developing a series of initiatives designed to achieve a world with sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems that deliver more diverse, healthy, safe, sufficient, and affordable diets, and ensure improved...