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Sustainable livestock systems
Judy Kimani

ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography

This blog was written by Vincent Alulu and edited by Paul Karaimu and Judy Kimani. Have you heard that one must be literate to use the many data collection tools and applications that exist today? That the end user must be at least semi-literate to use such applications to monitor nutrition, and...

AgHealth blog
Tezira Lore

Celebrating World Antibiotic Resistance Week 2019 with highlights of ILRI research on antimicrobial resistance

Each November, the World Antibiotic Awareness Week is commemorated to raise global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage rational use of antibiotics to avoid further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. In collaboration with national, regional and international partners,...

ILRI Asia blog
Chi Nguyen

ILRI and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying join hands to enhance India’s livestock sector

(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, a consultant scientist with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Paul Karaimu, senior communications officer, ILRI) On 11 October 2019, Habibar Rahman , International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) regional representative for South...

Sustainable livestock systems
Judy Kimani

Climate-smart livestock program rolled out in southwestern Uganda

The Program for Climate-Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL) was launched at the national level in Uganda in early April 2019. It aims to increase livestock’s contribution to the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, mitigate greenhouse gas...

ILRI Asia blog
Chi Nguyen

Behaviour change interventions key to preventing and reducing pork-borne illnesses in northern Vietnam

New research shows that incidences of pork-borne parasitic diseases in northern Vietnam may be lower than previously thought but behaviour change is needed to strengthen pork safety and reduce incidences of pork-borne illnesses in communities. A survey in late 2018 by an International Livestock...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Beamlak Tesfaye

Community conversations increase women’s access to farming information in the Ethiopian highlands

Women seeding and applying fertilizer in a farm in Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI\ Bethlehem Alemu). Like in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, family members usually operate small-scale farms that are the mainstay of agricultural production in Ethiopia. But women in these smallholder households,...

ILRI Asia blog
Chi Nguyen

One Health experts in South and Southeast Asia join efforts to tackle antibiotic resistance in people and animals

Antibiotic resistance, a phenomenon where diseases caused by bacteria in humans and animals become harder to treat because the antibiotics used to treat them become less effective, is one of the biggest threats to global health. About 70 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) experts in South and Southeast...

AgHealth blog
Tezira Lore

New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and livestock in northeastern Kenya

Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. People may get exposed to the disease through direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of raw or undercooked animal products. In humans, the disease is characterized by prolonged fever, body aches, joint...

AgHealth blog
Tezira Lore

Celebrating One Health Day 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s One Health research

One Health Day is a global campaign marked annually on 3 November to bring attention to the need for a One Health approach to address the shared health threats at the human–animal–environment interface. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) carries out One Health research through...

ILRI Asia blog
Chi Nguyen

International One Health Day: videos by ILRI and partners on One Health in action

Today, 3 November 2019, is International One Health Day . The International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) in East and Southeast Asia and its partners join the rest of the world to celebrate the day by sharing (video) stories of One Health in action to draw people’s attention to the need for...

AgHealth blog
Tezira Lore

IMMANA announces call for applications for research grants on food systems and nutrition outcomes

The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) program has called for a third round of applications for its competitive research grants. The research grants are aimed at accelerating the development of innovative and interdisciplinary methods, metrics and tools to...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Mireille Ferrari

Thomas F. Randolph receives honorary doctorate from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Thomas F. Randolph ready to receive his appointment as honorary doctor at SLU in Uppsala, Sweden, on 5 October 2019. Photo Jenny Svennås-Gillner/SLU On 5 th October, long-time ILRI scientist and Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock (Livestock CRP), Thomas F. Randolph, received the...