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Sustainable livestock systems
Judy Kimani

Kenya launches spatial planning guidelines and toolkits for pastoral areas

The Kenya National Land Commission has officially launched the ‘Annex to the county spatial planning guidelines and toolkits’ to guide land use planning in pastoral areas (photo credit: NLC). The Kenya National Land Commission (NLC) has officially launched the Annex to the county spatial planning...

ILRI News
Paul Karaimu

US ambassador to Mali visits communities in Sikasso region supported by an ILRI-led livestock technology scaling project

Written by Assoumane Maiga Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talking to Dennis Haskins, US Ambassador to Mali (in dark jacket) and his delegation about business and job opportunities created by the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (photo credit: ILRI/Amadou Nouh Saw). On 25 July...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Adapting the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey in Uganda: insights from the field

Originally published on the RHoMIS blog . ‘I’ve worked with the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for over a year now, built close to thirty applications, and worked with research teams in over twenty countries. Yet my trip to Uganda last week was my inaugural experience with applying...

ILRI News
Paul Karaimu

United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience

Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of agriculture, Moulaye Ahmed Boubacar (right), and the US ambassador to Mali, Dennis Hankins, about the several ways that women have benefitted from the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Third edition of the Sustainable Rangeland Management project newsletter now available

For nearly 10 years, the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project has been working with local and national authorities in Tanzania to secure rangelands for pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and smallholder farmers through joint village land use planning and land certification including the provision...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog Scientists and development practitioners around the world are working with smallholder farmers to transform their agricultural practices to better adapt to, and even mitigate, climate change. The international development community has prioritized two strategies...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

‘Greening’ the white gold in Tanzania: supporting low emissions dairy development for smallholder livestock producers

Written by Esther Kihoro with contributions from Sarah Kasyoka. ‘Maziwa ni dhahabu nyeupe’ (milk is white gold). This is a common phrase among livestock keepers in Tanzania. I’ve heard it numerous times in the last two years as I’ve worked with milk producers in the country. The term is being used...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Positive deviance: Uncovering superior farming practices in Tanzania

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog . Around the world, agricultural development organizations often struggle with surprisingly weak adoption of innovations that had previously been successful at other places. If all goes well, the smallholder farmers addressed by a development program readily...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Program to support climate-smart livestock systems launched in Ethiopia

Agricultural development plays a key role in Ethiopia’s economy and is a major priority of the government for reducing poverty and achieving food security. The agricultural sector accounts for nearly 42% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and over 80% of employment. The livestock sector...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Data collection experience with RHoMIS in the Comoros Islands

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog Dahari is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in the Comoros Islands, whose aim is to shape sustainable and productive landscapes with Comorian communities. This local NGO contacted the Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) team in order...

ILRI News
Judy Kimani

Tanzania launches USD596 million livestock master plan

Tanzania minister for livestock and fisheries, Luhaga Mpina (right), receives a copy of the Tanzania livestock master plan from Barry Shapiro, senior livestock development advisor at ILRI (photo credit: Eveline Massam/IITA). Tanzania’s livestock sector is set for a major boost following the...

ILRI News
Judy Kimani

Shaping the future of livestock in Kenya

Participants of the national multi-stakeholder consultation in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/ Wilson Maina). Multiple stakeholders drawn from Kenya’s public and private sectors, academia, research, donors, non-governmental organizations, social movements and community-based organizations as well as...