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

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My Publications

Information flows within farmer networks and the implications for farmer-to-farmer extension: evidence from the Kenyan dairy sector

  • Morrison, Rosie
  • Cassar, Xandru G.G.N.A.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Rao, E.J.O.
  • Barnes, Andrew P.

Low awareness and affordability are major drivers of low consumption of animal‐source foods among children in Northern Ethiopia: A mixed‐methods study

  • Zerfu, Taddese Alemu
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • McNeill, G.

Effect of variation in gridded cattle diet composition on estimated enteric methane emissions in data sparse tropical regions

  • Mutua, J.Y.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Robinson, T.P.
  • Fraval, S.
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Watmough, G.R.

A journey towards a gender-responsive tool for livestock feed assessments

  • Njiru, Nelly
  • Njuguna-Mungai, Esther
  • Terfa, Zelalem
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Namatovu, Jane
  • Businge, Martha
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.

Livestock feeding in low and middle income countries for climate change adaptation and mitigation

  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Evans, Monica

Gendered assessment of the livestock feeding system across three agroecologies of Mali

  • Amole, Tunde A.
  • Sow, Ahmadou
  • Adekeye, Adetayo
  • Dione, Michel M.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
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