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Updated CGIAR feed database provides best-cost livestock feed rations for sub-Saharan Africa

Fifty three new accessions of Napier grass received at Forage Genebank, ILRI, Addis Ababa from EMBRAPA, Br azil (photo credit: ILRI) An updated CGIAR livestock feeds database for sub-Saharan Africa is now available. Containing the nutritive values of over 44,000 forage and fodder samples, the...

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New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’

Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yesterday (7 Sep 2020) the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and four partners— Bidco Land O’Lakes , Corteva Agriscience , Forage Genetics International ( FGI ) and Land O’Lakes...

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ILRI Forage Genebank supports development of improved forage varieties to increase livestock productivity in Ethiopia

Alieu Sartie in the seed storage cold room at the ILRI forage genebank (photo credit:ILRI/Apollo Habtamu) The recent release of the CGIAR Genebank Platform 2019 annual report highlights that, for the third year in a row, germplasm distribution to requesters outside of the CGIAR exceeded that to...

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ILRI feed technology research platform makes more fodder available to developing-world livestock keepers

Gujar nomads with buffalo near Mussorie during the workshop to develop a tool for Feed Technology Screening and Prioritisation, Dehra Dun, India (photo credit: ILRI/Nils Teufel). Located at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru, India,...

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ILRI Forage Genebank duplicates one-third of its collection for safe, long-term storage in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Alieu Sartie in the seed storage cold room at the ILRI Forage Genebank in Jan 2020 (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). For the third time, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) last month shipped a set of its forage genebank collection, comprising 302 accessions representing 74...

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The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

G-FEAST – a gendered version of FEAST Feeding cows; Tana River watershed, Kenya; Credit Georgina Smith CIAT Feeding livestock involves multiple tasks including planting, weeding and harvesting of forages, collecting and storing crop residues and purchasing of concentrate feeds. In every farming...

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An ILRI developed feed constraint decision making tool, FEAST, applies gender awareness

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

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ILRI develops a feed constraint decision making tool, G-FEAST

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

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ILRI develops a feed constraint decision-making tool, G-FEAST

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

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Joint Grasslands and Rangelands Congress will be held in Nairobi in Oct 2020

Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization ( KALRO ) and Kenya State Department of Livestock within the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries & Irrigation ( MALFI ) are organizing next year’s Joint 24th International Grasslands and International Rangelands Congress in...

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New insights into the diversity of Napier grass: More productivity in fully irrigated systems

ILRI news Napier grass growing in the ILRI field gene bank in Ziway, Ethiopia (photo credit: Shawn Landersz /Global Crop Diversity Trust). Napier grass commonly referred to as elephant grass, or Uganda grass and scientifically known as Cenchrus purpureus , is one of the most important fodder crops...

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Irrigated forages improve livestock productivity and livelihoods in Ethiopia

By Aberra Adie and Michael Blummel Despite having Africa’s largest livestock population, Ethiopia has not realized the full benefits from the sector due to low animal productivity which is attributed to many factors, the foremost being poor quality and inadequate feed resources. Researchers in the...