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A pre-season focus group discussion conducted with lead farmers in Sagara Village, Kongwa District, in early November, 2022 (photo credit:ILRI/Kanuti V. Tembo).

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Smallholder farmers in Kongwa District, Tanzania, use the iSAT advisory tool to better manage climate risks

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New consortium aims to better diagnose, monitor and clinically manage current and future epidemics in Africa

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World Zoonoses Day: Protecting our shared world

World Zoonoses Day: Protecting our shared world

Keeping milk and meat safe in informal markets

Keeping milk and meat safe in informal markets

Livestock-derived foods are needed in developing countries

Livestock-derived foods are needed in developing countries

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Ghana: Why the goats won't die on her watch

Why women are essential in livestock development—and why livestock are essential in women’s lives

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Africa Climate Summit 2023: ILRI develops Rift Valley fever risk map

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Embracing local knowledge is the key to resilience in northern Kenya, not project box-ticking

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Nigeria Developing a New Master Plan for Livestock

Pull-push project boosts food safety in Burkina Faso's informal markets

Study reveals alarming brucellosis prevalence in small ruminants, urgent action needed in Uganda

Development funders must seize climate migration opportunities

Are African livestock farmers also greenhouse gas emitters?