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Participatory epidemiology training course kicks off in Togo

This week, the Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) holds a 5-day training course for trainers in Participatory...

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Countdown to rinderpest eradication: a role model or a lucky break?

Professor Brian Perry reports from his base in the Rift Valley of Kenya. Read more (Dick Vet News)...

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WorldFish and CARE partner to improve livelihoods in Egypt

In recent years, Livestock and Fish program partner WorldFish works with CARE - a leading humanitarian organization - on projects to improve...

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Telling their own story: Collaborative research using participatory video

One of the participating in the 'AgKnowledge Africa' Share Fair being held 18–21 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Addis...

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Transforming Mozambique's poultry sector

Speaking at a recent meeting on the 'Impact of U.S. Support on Farming, Poverty and Stability in Mozambique', Florencia Cipriano, Head of Veterinary...

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Prospects for greater agricultural investments in the Horn?

The International Agriculture and Development Blog reports that 'The [famine] crisis continues to unravel in the Horn of Africa. . . . In an...

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IBLI Index in Laisamis based on data up to 13-28 Sep 2012

The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Laisamis for March - September...

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Dry-season milk supplies to pastoral children improves their nutrition,...

Fresh camel milk from Somali youths . The Feinstein International Center, at Tufts University (USA), has published a report of a study on the impact...

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German University of Kassel students visit ILRI

Twenty six German Students from the University of Kassel visited Kenya in an excursion, where they were hosted by ILRI on the 8th of March 2011. On...

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'Milk: Symbol of a free India'--16-year-old wins award in...

Nirja Bhatt, a 16-year-old student at Navrachana International School Vadodara, in Gujurat, India, has won a Silver Award in the 'senior' category of...

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Global animal health initiative: The way forward

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has commissioned Civic Consulting to conduct a study on the Cost of National Prevention Systems for...

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Workshop on gender and market-oriented agriculture: Research to practice

A Workshop on Gender and Market-oriented Agriculture 2011 (AgriGender 2011): Research to Practice 31st January-2nd February, 2011: Addis Ababa,...

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Africa RISING trainers in Ethiopia learn to use the SLATE sustainable...

In April, the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) and Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC)...

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Australia 'reef and beef' project launched

An Australian scientist Friday launched what he called a "reef and beef" study into whether feeding cows seaweed would reduce their flatulent carbon...

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New milk analyser excites dairy farmers

As demand for high quality and fear for contaminated milk increases, a new technology that could restore the fading confidence in the country’s dairy...

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India's goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been...

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ILRI 2.0: Update on ILRI web communications

Early in October you may have noticed some changes to the ILRI web site – the front page mainly, but also a few other pages. In case you forgot the...

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Multi-scale participatory mapping to answer the question: Where does which...

One of the sub-projects of the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) – ‘Targeting and scaling o...

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My Experience in Ethiopia by Sarah Marketon, Student Associate

Expedition to Ethiopia[slideshare id=8778631&w=425&h=355&sc=no] Sarah N. Marketon a junior at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School,...

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The Swiss-Kenyan shared love of cows

An opinion piece in the Sunday Nation (Kenya) notes that Switzerland and Kenya share a love of cows. '[T]he pride of place in Swiss agriculture is...

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IBLI Index in Maikona based on data between 23 April-8 May 2011

This page provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Maikona for March - September 2011...

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First announcement and call for abstracts: 14th International Conference of the...

The first announcement and call for abstracts has been issued for the 14th International Conference of the Association of Institutes for Tropical...

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ጉብኝት ለመልካም ተሞክሮ ከ ሴቶች ጋር [Amharic]

This blog post is in Amharic, if you are seeing boxes download fonts here. ይህ ዶኪመንቴሽን በግብርናው ዘርፍ የሴቶች መብትና ተሳትፎ እንዲሁም ተጠቃሚነት ተግባራዊ ለማድርግ የ IPMS (...

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Cattle business driving rain forest clearing

Demand for beef products, particularly in Britain and Europe, has led ranchers to raze thousands of acres of Amazon rain forest to raise cattle. The...

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Kenya: Where there's cluck, there's brass

Pastoralists in parts of the semi-arid eastern region of Isiolo are abandoning their nomadic lifestyles in favour of farming to improve their food...

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Week 2-Question 1: Good process for deciding focus?

Week 2- Question 1: Good process for deciding focus? Do you think that the process used for deciding where to focus the Mega Program efforts is...

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After H1N1, researchers warn of a potential new superbug

When the 2009 H1N1 flu virus emerged last April, it triggered the first new pandemic in more than 40 years, producing endless headlines and panic....

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Vietnam smallholder producers can compete in the fresh pork market

Smallholder pig development in Vietnam is one of the focus value chains of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. Planned intervention...

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Genetically altered salmon get closer to US tables

'The [US] Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat —...

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UN climate chief confident Cancun will establish a 'Green Fund' to...

Despite the fact that governments of industrialized countries are focusing on balancing their budgets in these hard fiscal times, new UN climate...

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Genetically modified animals: questions and answers

As Chinese researchers reveal they have created genetically modified cows that produce "humanised" milk, 'The Telegraph' answers some of the key...

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Working towards optimal flock health for better production

Working towards optimal flock health for better production' Dr Kannan Ganapathy (Gana), Lecturer in avian infectious diseases (The University of...

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Veterinary scientists address human illnesses associated with livestock

For the November 2011 'liveSTOCK Exchange' event at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Delia Grace, a veterinary epidemiologist,...

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Does it matter, what you feed your domestic animals?

PLE scientist, Michael Blümmel, will give the first of a series of seminars on the ground breaking research that ILRI scientists are involved in. An...

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How economics adds value to animal health policy-making

A news item on The Pig Site argues that the risk of disease among farm animals and farm biosecurity are a public affair." The August 2012 issue of...

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Livestock sector significant in Pakistan

There are some sector experts who argue that it is due to the numerous, geographically dispersed and small-scale livestock producers who dominate the...

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Global Conference on Women in Agriculture

Petra Saghir extreme left, an African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellow with the Poverty, Gender and Impact team at ILRI...

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Kenya’s Livestock ministry seeks more cash to replenish herds

The Livestock ministry is seeking additional funds from Treasury to help farmers replenish their herds after the recent biting drought and floods in...

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Iceboxes help women fish retailers find profits

A group of women fish retailers in the Egyptian region of Shakshouk near Fayoum are realizing better profits from the sale of their fish after...

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Heifer Camel project: A resounding success to Maasai community in Tanzania

They are huge, bulky and strong! They are disease-tolerant and can survive drought by browsing on leaves on trees that other livestock cannot eat....

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Livestock systems in Swaziland: Adapt or perish

A changing climate will prompt changes in behaviour across southern Africa. And when it comes to adaptation, Swazi farmer Bongani Phakathi is a...

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Innovation approaches - Collective learning from the Fodder Adoption Project

After a session of the the November 2010 Fodder Adoption Project (FAP) workshop in Laos, we recorded 'notes' of three world cafe hosts who collated...

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'It's completely obvious what's going on'--African leaders...

Africa's agricultural sector experiences many of the impacts of climate change even though the continent is a minor contributor of greenhouse gases....

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Former ILRI graduate fellow wins the Pfizer President's Presenter Award

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