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Aug 2022Jul 2025

Tropical Poultry Genetics Solutions (TPGS): Delivering farmer preferred, productive and ecologically adapted poultry to smallholders

This three year project will run as part of the One CGIAR initiatives and will focus on seven interrelated outcome areas, namely: Characterization of ecological adaptation of chicken ecotypes and identification of farmers trait preferences Strengthening of existing partnerships and developing new...

Aug 2022Aug 2025

EnviroCow: Reducing feed costs and GHG emission in smallholder dairy cattle in SSA

This three year partnership is between Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), U.K and ILRI. It will achieve its purpose of improving feed mitigation to climate change, increasing farmer productivity and income as well as access to nutritious food by enabling the selection of new generations of dairy...

Jul 2020Jun 2024

Asian Chicken Genetic Gains (AsCGG): A platform for exploring, testing and delivering improved chickens for enhanced livelihood outcomes in South East Asia

This four-year partnership is between ILRI and national agricultural research institutes in the three countries, including Cambodia’s National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI), Myanmar’s Livestock Veterinary and Breeding Department (LVBD) and Vietnam’s National Institute of...

Nov 2017Oct 2020

Genomic reference resource for African cattle

It is intended that the resource be used by African and international research community in cattle genomics for the ultimate benefit of African livestock keepers, other livestock value chain actors and animal-source food consumers. This information is intended to be used for a variety of purposes...

Jan 2013

Mzima livestock project

Trypanosomiasis is one of the most significant constraints to cattle production in Africa, directly affecting livestock productivity (meat and milk production) and indirectly lowering general farm productivity as cattle can play a crucial role as beasts of burden. A study mapping the benefits of...

Agriculture to nutrition Ethiopia project

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) project seeks to help the African continent broaden its agricultural focus from ‘eating for hunger’ to ‘eating for health’. It focuses on how agriculture can deliver positive nutrition outcomes for smallholder...

Jul 2017Jul 2020

Improving pig genetics in Uganda

Research conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners has identified poor genetics as a key factor in hampering pig production in Uganda. This issue has been also repeatedly raised by a number of stakeholders—including smallholder pig keepers and other value chain...

Jul 2015May 2018

Bridging Biobanking and Biomedical Research across Europe and Africa — B3Africa

Nov 2014Oct 2019

African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG)

African Chicken Genetic Gains is an Africa-wide collaboration led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In November 2014, ILRI and partners initiated this new collaboration to provide better chickens to smallholder farmers in Africa. Part of the wider ‘LiveGene‘ initiative, ACGG...

Nov 2015Oct 2025

African Dairy Genetic Gains

The ADDG project is in its second phase after a successful first phase and an extension period. The second phase of the project is integrated in the Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) CGIAR research initiative. This second phase has expanded...

Nov 2015Dec 2018