Media stories of ILRI in East Africa

Diversity is key to sustainability for local chicken farming in Africa

2018/10 - EurekAlert!

IRRI opens regional office in Africa

10/2018 - World-Grain.com

Building resilience through sustainable rangeland landscapes in Tanzania

08/2018 -  Landscape News

Deadly Rift Valley fever: new insight, and hope for the future

2018/07 - University of Surrey

Ethiopia: SAI necessitates institutionalized agricultural platforms

2018/07 - AllAfrica.com

Is food self-sufficiency making a comeback?

2018/06 - African Arguments

A new approach for estimating enteric methane emissions from cattle in smallholder livestock systems – first results, and implications for E. Africa

2018/05 - Science Trends

Participatory research on the effectiveness of Index Based Livestock Insurance as a pro-poor climate risk management strategy in Borena Zone

2018/04 - ReliefWeb

Art and science join forces to launch new poultry project

2018/04 - Poultryworld.net

Kenyan herders turn to grazing app to cut drought risks

2018/05 -  Thomson Reuters Foundation

Research facility scaling up poultry production

2018/05 - The Ethiopian Herald

Farmer subsidies in limbo as Uhuru roots for science, technology to curb food shortage

2018/04 - The Star (Kenya)

Nairobi scientists join partners in Ethiopia in quest for Africa's perfect chicken

2018/04 - Business Daily (Kenya)

Art and science marry in Ethiopia's quest for the perfect chicken

2018/04 - Thomson Reuters Foundation

East African states remove animal feed tax

2018/04 - World Grain.com

Kenya to benefit from UK's Sh500 million livestock research fund

2018/02 - The Star (Kenya)

Drought pushes Kenya’s pastoralists to the brink

2017/10 - IRIN

Kenya disburses 3 mln USD insurance for drought stricken herders

2017/08 - Xinhua

Facility at ILRI to monitor rice blast outbreak

2017/08 - The Star [Kenya]

Latest report details wildlife migratory corridors across Kenya

2017/08 - Coastweek.com [Kenya]

‘Nation’ probe discovers huge residues of drugs in meat

2017/08 - The Daily Nation

How to tackle one of Africa’s nastiest problems

2017/07 - The Economist

'One Health' research awarded £7.7million from Global Challenges Research Fund

2017/07 - University of Liverpool News

Kenya’s nomads work together to reduce conflicts and poverty

2017/06 - VOA News

As drought bites, livestock insurance aids pastoralists in Ethiopia

2017/06 - Thomson Reuters Foundation News

How some African farmers are responding to climate change–and what we can learn from them

2017/07 - Ensia.com

Ethiopia livestock plan offers route to middle-income

2017/07 - Financial Times

Wonder grass holds key to drought-resistant animal feed

2017/05 - Daily Nation

“One cow” program can cut poverty and pave the way for lower ‘hoofprints’ too

2017/03 - CIAT

Ethiopia: Institute Creates Alliance to Address SAI

2017/3 - AllAfrica.com

UC Davis launches $1.4 million project to help Kenya’s rural poor

2017/02 - US Davis

Ethiopia: OIC Paid 1.6 Million Birr as compensation for farmers

2017/02 - 2merkato

Kenya launches biggest ever insurance payouts for livestock herders

2017/02 - Devex

Insurance payout helps herders save drought-stricken livestock in Kenya

2017/02 - Swiss Re

From farm to table: poor hygiene in slaughterhouses in rural Kenya

2017/02 - The Conversation

Kenya's traders battle food waste with a new ally: camels

2017/02 - Reuters

Uganda leads pork consumption in Africa

2016/12 - New Vision

Ethiopia: Irrigation development receiving prior focus

2016/12 - Ethiopian Herald

Ugandans named biggest pork consumers in Africa

2016/12 - Monitor (Uganda)

Forage grass could spur milk production by 40 per cent [East Africa]

2016/11 - Scidev.net

Drought-tolerant grass boosts milk and meat production [Kenya]

2016/11 - VOA

Economist, partners clinch USAID award for drought insurance

2016/10 - Cornell Chronicle

Kenya banks on partnerships to build strong dairy sector

2016/11 - Business Daily

New tech will speed up breeding of crops and livestock in Kenya

2016/11 - Coastweek

Uganda: Knowing how to rear pigs to get the best results

2016/11 - The Monitor

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