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ILRI News
Ekta Patel

Africa’s animal genetic resources – the wealth within

Ankole cattle from southwestern Uganda (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Today, more than a hundred key partners in African livestock development, including African ministers, senior policymakers and other dignitaries, have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch new and notable products that improve...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods
Judy Kimani

National livestock sector policies and planning under a changing global economy

New study analyses the impact of demand and supply of livestock-derived food on managing the livestock sector. This blog originally appeared on the CCAFS news blog Written by Nelly Njiru and Dolapo Enahoro (ILRI) The livestock sector may have a key role to play in many low-and middle-income...

Safe Food Fair Food blog
Kristina Rösel

Why food safety in Africa’s informal markets must be driven by consumers

Opinion piece by Arie Havelaar , University of Florida and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis , Addis Ababa University . This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article published on #WorldFoodSafetyDay. @gatesfoundation, @DFIDAgResearch and @...

ILRI News
Susan MacMillan

Today is World Food Safety Day—Watch why safe food matters are life-and-death matters to poor people worldwide

Today, 7 Jun 2019, is the first-ever World Food Safety Day! #WorldFoodSafetyDay Here, for your pleasure and instruction, are three short videos highlighting Delia Grace, a veterinary epidemiologist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), on the importance improving the safety of...

Safe Food Fair Food blog
Kristina Rösel

Food Safety a ‘Major Public Health Issue,’ Says UF/IFAS Professor Ahead of First-Ever World Food Safety Day

Written by Kirsten Romaguera, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 600 million people suffer from an episode of foodborne disease, or one out of every 10 global citizens. To highlight the need for safe,...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

New program to enhance climate-smart livestock systems launched in Uganda

Uganda’s agricultural sector contributes significantly to both incomes and direct availability of food in the country. It is also a major contributor to economic growth through provision of raw materials for agro-industries, job opportunities and foreign exchange. Agriculture contributes to about...

ILRI clippings
Beamlak Tesfaye

New project to strengthen veterinary service delivery in Ethiopia

The Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development (HEARD) project inception workshop was held 29 March 2019 at ILRI in Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). A new four-year (2019-2022) European Union-funded project known as Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development (HEARD) has...

ILRI Asia blog
Chi Nguyen

OiE posters on African swine fever now available in Vietnamese

A new set of posters on African swine fever developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OiE ) is now available in Vietnamese. The 4 posters, which can be downloaded and printed, describe African swine fever and the biosecurity measures that can be used to prevent this incurable disease...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog
Ewen Le Borgne

Building the business case for smallholder poultry development (part 2): Imagining ‘ACGG+’

In the course of 2018, the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project team held an important meeting in Arusha, Tanzania (May 23-24) in order to capture the ‘business case’ for smallholder poultry development at large, building upon key lessons from ACGG so far, and looking into options for a...

Africa RISING feed
Paul Karaimu

Not just technology dissemination: the multiple dimensions of scaling initiatives of Africa RISING in sustainable intensification

Written by Million Gebreyes, Kindu Mekonnen, Peter Thorne, Abera Adie A word cloud of Africa RISING partners in Ethiopia (photo credit: authors). The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands operates in four regions of Ethiopia. The project, in the first phase, focused more on action...

ILRI clippings
Susan MacMillan

On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—Economist

A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that the future of food lies in Africa. And why that’s a good thing. Read on to find out why. As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives ‘. . . Between 1961 and 2013...

ILRI clippings
Susan MacMillan

On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—The Economist

A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that the future of food lies in Africa. And why that’s a good thing. Read on to find out why. As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives ‘. . . Between 1961 and 2013...