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ILRI technical assistant holding Calliandra calothyrsus a fodder shrub grown at the ILRI farm in Nairobi Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor)

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Could familiar shrubs help Kenyan dairy farmers produce more milk, cut costs and reduce methane emissions?

Camels in Ethiopia

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Getting ahead of El Niño: turning early warnings into action across the Horn of Africa

A smiling woman feeding her cows

Why the conversation about livestock and hunger needs to change

a livestock inputs agrodealer visit and group photo .

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Tropical livestock systems course equips researchers to advance Ethiopia’s dairy sector

Farmers learning about Hay making from a Pioneer Farmer

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Farmer-to-farmer learning helps Kenyan dairy producers adapt to new climate realities

Baringo farmers exchange

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The 75-kilo sheep that changed a pastoralist’s mind

Manure directly applied to a smallholder maize field

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Maximizing the value of manure: How local data can help African smallholder farmers recycle nutrients and reduce emissions

Camels at a watering hole in Marsabit, Kenya

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As the climate changes, camels offer stability in the Horn of Africa

Heavy land degradation and gully formation with grazing sheep (Lancaster University/Richard Bardgett).

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Can we accurately map soil health from space, or do we still need to get our hands dirty?