Alan Duncan

Alan Duncan

Principal Livestock Scientist

I have a technical background in livestock nutrition but in recent years have become interested in institutional barriers to livestock feed development among smallholder farmers. This has involved me in experimentation with the use of local innovation platforms to catalyse innovation to overcome system level blockages to improved livestock feeding. I manage a range of research for development projects mainly focused on livestock feed issues. Within many of these I have been developing and applying the use of simple participatory tools such as FEAST and Techfit to aid identification of appropriate feed development strategies in smallholder systems

My Projects

Identifying, testing and scaling small-scale irrigation options for enhanced livestock feed production

Identifying, testing and scaling small-scale irrigation options for enhanced livestock feed production

TechFit tool to prioritize and select animal feed interventions

TechFit tool to prioritize and select animal feed interventions

Uptake of Integrated Termite Management for rehabilitation of degraded rangeland in East Africa

My Blog Posts

Cut and carry in India

New science

How and why better livestock feeding starts with farmers

ILRI News

Higher quality and more accessible forage seeds - a pathway to better feed Ethiopia's livestock

The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

Consultancy opportunity: editing and improving draft reports from application of the Feed Assessment tool (FEAST)

Short assignment: Mapping Feasibility of Livestock Feed Options in the Tropics

Help shape a feed and forage strategy for ILRI – Your inputs needed

My Publications

Supporting participatory livestock feed improvement using the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST)

  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • Mutoni, Gilbert
  • Lema, Zelalem
  • Fraval, Simon

The influence of multilevel innovation platforms on continuing utilization of smallholders’ livestock feeding practices

  • Lema, Zelalem
  • Lobry de Bruyn, Lisa A.
  • Marshall, Graham R.
  • Roschinsky, Romana
  • Gebreyes, Million
  • Duncan, Alan J.

Associations between livestock keeping, morbidity, and nutritional status of children and women in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review

  • Alemu, Taddese
  • Giang Nguyen
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Brown, Fiona
  • Iannotti, Lora L.
  • McNeill, Geraldine

Livestock

  • Ericksen, Polly J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Banerjee, Rupsha R.
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Bett, Bernard K.
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
  • Wright, Iain A.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Dominguez-Salas, Paula
  • Charlie Pye-Smith, Charlie
  • Thornton, Philip K.

High-Quality Cassava Peel® (HQCP®) mash as a feed ingredient for livestock – A review of feeding trials

  • Amole, Tunde A.
  • Adekeye, Adetayo Bamikole
  • Adebayo, Adebola Bunmi
  • Okike, Iheanacho
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.

Supporting livestock feed and health activities for the Rwanda Dairy Development Project–Final report

  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • Bezabih, Melkamu
  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar
  • Mutoni, Gilbert
  • Ghimire, Sita R.
  • Machuka, Eunice
  • Niyireba, R.T.
  • Dusingize, M.C.
  • Mukasafari, M.A.
  • Mutimura, M.
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