ILRI’s Tarawali to speak on livestock and sustainable development at Edinburgh

Shirley Tarawali , assistant director general for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), will be speaking on the role of livestock in sustainable development at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security in Edinburgh, Scotland on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 at 4 pm local...

A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age

Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey, data from 13,310 farm households in 21 countries). Out this week is the first public release of a huge dataset generated by recent surveys of more than 13,000 households...

Strengthening the capacity of African women scientists Over the years, the ABCF program has supported several researchers who have now grown into positions of influence within their institutions. This week we feature two scientists from the national research organizations and are doing great things...

Changing landscapes call for new pathways in livestock development in Ethiopia’s Afar region

Sustainable livestock systems Livestock production is the main source of livelihood in the pastoral lands of Afar in northeastern Ethiopia. But the traditional livestock-keeping way of life there has been severely affected by climate change in recent years. Rainfall has become unpredictable, and...

New Tick Cell Biobank Outpost at ILRI to support research in Africa on ticks and tick-borne diseases

Ticks in ILRI’s tick laboratory (photo credit: ILRI/David White). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been selected as Africa’s Outpost for tick cell lines to serve as a resource for global arthropod research in the continent. ILRI’s Tick Unit has been selected as Africa’s...

Training on the economics of animal health to improve management of disease threats in India

More than 20 researchers from various institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been trained on animal disease economics and frameworks for risk analysis and risk management to improve veterinary disease prevention and control in India. In India, 35% of the losses in...

Role of pastoralist social networks in coping with crises: lessons from food aid interventions in Ethiopia

Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets. For many humanitarian and development actors, a household is presumed to represent the most appropriate social unit for aid delivery. However, pastoralist family groupings are far more complex...

Issue 7 of ILRI East and Southeast Asia newsletter now available

The seventh issue of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) East and Southeast Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities from July to December 2019 as well as the upcoming activities in the first six months of 2020. Click here to read ILRI East and...

Addressing Africa’s deteriorating food security should be Africa’s top priority—World Bank

‘A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating food security situation that is compounded by the effects of climate change, declining agricultural productivity, and rapid population and urbanization growth. Despite several commitments, ‘progress has been modest...

ILRI vacancy: Post-Doc Scientist (closing date: 27 February 2020)

ILRI jobs The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-doctoral scientist to ensure robust and efficient facilitation and delivery on food safety and One Health research in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and other countries of East and South East Asia. ILRI works to...

‘Invisible livestock’ – On the central roles of working horses, donkeys and mules on the smallholder farms that feed the world

By Klara Saville (Brooke), Carine Bambara, Anna Marry (both Brooke ) , Brian Perry (University of Edinburgh and University of Oxford). A Honduran maize and bean farmer and his horse (photo credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer). According to World Bank data, 80% of the 770 million people living in extreme...

Healthy rangelands, healthy livestock and healthy people: A fully integrated One Health approach in pastoral Ethiopia

Originally published on Agrilinks . In recent years in the pastoral areas of developing countries, One Health is gaining increasing credibility and visibility as an approach that can combine interventions for both human and animals. Read this post on how the International Livestock Research...