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Reflections on food safety and risk perception

Bird’s-eye view of a colourful food market in Western Bengal, where 70% of people depend on agriculture (photo credit: Krishnasis Ghosh/Bioversity International). In a recent blog post (11 April) published by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition , Delia Grace, a food...

AgHealth blog

New ILRI research brief highlights outcomes of pork safety project in Vietnam

Hmong butchers selling pig meat from the indigenous Hmong black pig, recognizable from its thick layer of fat below the skin, Bac Ha, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Jo Cadilhon). Scientists working on a project to reduce disease risks and improve food safety in smallholder pig value...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Daniel Kangogo joins ILRI as a research associate in the Livelihooods, gender and impact program

Daniel Kangogo Daniel Kangogo has joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as a gender research associate in the Livelihoods, gender and impact (LGI) program. He previously worked in an agriculture and food security program at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC...

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Policies, institutions and livelihoods

East African dairy farmers using mobile phones to record yields

Smallholder dairy farmers participating in dairy hubs supported by East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) in Kenya and Uganda are set to benefit from an innovative and interactive mobile-based system allowing them to effectively record farm events and gain access to productivity-enhancing information...

  • Peter Ballantyne (ILRI)
Maarifa blog

Strategizing communication and knowledge management for a new ILRI project: why, what and how?

A new project with the visibility and scale like the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project deserves a strong communication approach, especially when the project team is keen on earmarking resources and attention for communication and ‘ working out loud ‘. The ACGG project – the latest...

  • Ewen Le Borgne
AgHealth blog

ILRI pork safety project holds mid-term review in Vietnam

ILRI Asia The PigRisk project team during the March 2016 mid-term review meeting (photo credit: ILRI/Fred Unger). In March 2016 the PigRisk project, which focuses on food safety and pork value chains, held its mid-term review. This five-year project (2012–2017) aims to improve the livelihoods of...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

International Women’s Day 2016: What issues are central to agricultural development for women?

A woman milking her goat Gender equality is an essential component for sustainable economic development. This year, the International Women’s Day (IWD) sparked a variety of discussions about climate change, livestock and gender in ensuring food security, improved nutrition and generating income at...

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AgHealth blog

ILRI scientist calls for better irrigation techniques to reduce risk of vector-borne diseases

The hidden dangers of irrigation in Kenya By Imogen Mathers If you are unable to listen to this audio, please update your browser or go here to download. For farmers in Kenya, creative ways to irrigate crops can be the difference between a harvest failing or thriving. In this drought-prone country...

Maarifa blog

Developing ILRI’s capacity in participatory decision-making, from out in and in out

Who can argue, in development work, that they never need participatory decision-making? Being able to hold group conversations and to come to collective and participatory decision-making is arguably an essential piece to the success of complex initiatives such as international agricultural research...

  • Ewen Le Borgne
Maarifa blog

Are you hosting an online conference? Here’s how to make the people online REALLY feel part of your conversation

ILRI staff are increasingly organising virtual meetings to run day-to-day business. But these are not easy meetings. Sometimes they even look as dramatically comical as this: Most of us at ILRI are probably involved in such meetings on a daily, weekly or at least monthly basis. But nearly none of...

  • Ewen Le Borgne
Maarifa blog

Facilitating CGIAR country collaboration and site integration with the ‘power of comms’

The development of new CGIAR research program (CRPs) proposals for a second to start in 2017 is currently looking into developing country collaboration and site integration processes that guarantee all CGIAR centres are collaborating among themselves and with other critical national partners as...

  • Ewen Le Borgne
AgHealth blog

MERS-CoV antibodies found in two people in eastern Kenya

ILRI news Transmission electron micrograph of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV (image credit: NIAID). MERS-CoV belongs to the coronavirus family. Human coronaviruses were first identified in the mid-1960s; MERS-CoV was first reported in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. Coronaviruses can...