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AVCD program blog
Muthoni Njiru

Promoting better agricultural practices of drought-tolerant crops in farming communities

Makueni Ventures chairman, Peter Ndiso in the farm in Emali, Makueni County. Makueni Agribusiness Ventures is a ten-member farmer group that participated in an AVCD funded good agricultural practices (GAPs) and modern farming training lead by ICRISAT. ICRISAT provided foundation seed for community...

ILRI clippings
Susan MacMillan

Vaccines against this year’s novel (and world-changing) coronavirus are already in development and being tested—Good news from Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty

Positive news! While some COVID-19 surges are now ‘baked-in’, and we must prepare ourselves for more sickness and deaths, the viral curves should flatten with appropriate measures now being introduced in many countries, and several different vaccines are being developed and already being tested,...

ILRI News
Paul Karaimu

Senior Kenya government officials visit ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station

Jimmy Smith (centre), Dieter Schillinger (second right) and Sita Ghimire (right) with Kenya government officials who recently visited the Kapiti Research Station (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Three senior Kenya government officials visited the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)...

ILRI News
David Aronson

When did the chicken first cross the road?

There are nine chickens in the world for every human, but the story of how the species emerged from the jungles of Southeast Asia some 8,000 years ago to become the world’s favoured protein source is a complicated one. ‘The success of the chicken has a lot to do with its diversity, and that...

ILRI News
sabaermyas

Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the environment

Pastoralism is an effective and productive livelihood system that makes the best use of variably distributed natural resources in often dry rangeland areas where it has a particularly strong comparative advantage over other land uses. In order to function well, pastoralists and their livestock need...

AVCD program blog
Muthoni Njiru

The private sector can deliver veterinary vaccines in Kenya

On 1 February 2020 the director of veterinary services (DVS), Obadiah Njagi, issued a circular clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the private sector in the delivery of veterinary medicines and vaccines across Kenya in accordance with the existing laws and regulations. For a long time, the...

AVCD program blog
Muthoni Njiru

Private sector can deliver Veterinary Vaccines in Kenya.

On 1 st February 2020 the Director of Veterinary Services (DVS), Dr Obadiah Njagi, issued a circular clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the private sector in the delivery of veterinary medicines and vaccines across Kenya in accordance with the existing laws and regulations. For a long...

AVCD program blog
Muthoni Njiru

Private sector can deliver veterinary vaccines in Kenya

On 1 February 2020 the director of veterinary services (DVS), Obadiah Njagi, issued a circular clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the private sector in the delivery of veterinary medicines and vaccines across Kenya in accordance with the existing laws and regulations. For a long time, the...

Mazingira blog
Sarah Kasyoka

ILRI trains East Africa officials on measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems

ILRI news Livestock production is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. But global estimates of these emissions are based on emission factors from developed countries. There is limited data on emissions from livestock systems in developing countries, which has...

AgHealth blog
Tezira Lore

New study explores the benefits of a One Health approach to investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam

The One Health concept promotes the enhancement of human, animal and ecosystem health through multi-sectoral governance support and policies to combat health security threats. In Vietnam, antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health settings poses a significant threat, but one that could be...

ILRI clippings
Susan MacMillan

What keeps Bill Gates up at night? A (highly prescient) 2015 article spells out our COVID-19 challenges today

Bill Gates (photo credit: Marcos Fuentes via Flickr). What keeps Bill Gates up at night? It’s not child mortality. Not malaria. Not polio. All of which his foundation battles every day. It’s not war, which most of the world tends to worry about. It’s what Gates thinks is the most predictable threat...

ILRI News
Susan MacMillan

Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video

Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) for ‘better lives through livestock’ and key facts about the central importance of women in sustainable and equitable livestock development across the developing world.