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Dec 2019Apr 2022

BMGF-funded project on gender planning

Much effort has been geared towards ‘gender mainstreaming’ to ensure that women’s needs, capabilities and constraints are included in the development of technologies, practices and business approaches. Such mainstreaming in livestock often aimed to highlight the underplayed, invisible and...

Nov 2019Apr 2022

BMGF-funded project on global livestock advocacy and development (GLAD)

It builds on lessons and insights from the Global Livestock Advocacy for Development (GLAD) project (2016–2019) that addressed three key problems: a growing negative view of livestock in industrialized nations, low attention to the sector in wider agricultural and broader development discussions,...

Jan 2019Dec 2020

Project title: ICAR – ILRI Collaborative project on “methane emission and its mitigation”

Objective To study the effect of long term supplementation (rotational) of proven methane ameliorating agent/s on enteric methanogenesis and rumen microbial population Developing and testing of slow release nitrate sources with/without sulfur combination to study their efficacy on rumen methane...

Jan 2020Dec 2020

ICAR – ILRI Collaborative project on “Improvement of basal feed resources through multi-dimensional crop improvement and application of spin-off technologies from 2nd gen biofuel”

Objective Disseminated rice cultivars with high grain yield and high straw quality identified in phase 1 Explore genomic region that are associated with rice straw fodder quality traits Develop a strategy for targeted further concomitant genetic enhancement of grain and straw traits in rice Develop...

Jan 2020Dec 2022

ICAR-ILRI Collaborative project on “Genome wide association study in Indigenous poultry breeds/varieties”

Objective: To assess diversity of Indian breeds in comparison with tropically adapted exotic chicken breeds To identify Indian breeds specific candidate signature of selection for adaptive and productivity traits To design and develop SNP chip for Indian chicken breeds Methodology: For conducting...

Jan 2019Dec 2022

ICAR-ILRI Collaborative project on “Assessment of economic impact of priority animal diseases and their control in India”

Objective Estimating the economic losses due to priority animal diseases in India Estimating the cost of national control strategies for priority diseases and benefits from disease control interventions Methodology: Estimation of economic losses due to diseases using official government data...

Jan 2020Aug 2020

Scoping study: Mapping the issues of Indian donkey and mule population and identify the potential intervention strategies and partners

Objective: To identify the donkey and mule population, trend and their usage pattern in rural, urban and industrial development context in different regions of India. To identify the donkey and mule owning communities in different regions of the country and evaluate the human development indicators...

Jan 2018Dec 2022

EQUIP–Strengthening Smallholder Livestock Systems for the Future Project

This project sets out to develop the knowledge, skills, tools and products that are prerequisites for future scaling efforts that will significantly reduce gaps in feed quantity and quality, and thereby increase livestock productivity in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. The project has four focal areas...

Mar 2019Mar 2022

Feed and Forage Seed Business Models to Support Further Professionalization of the Dairy Sector in Kenya and Uganda

The project aims to ‘Develop viable business models for forage seed production and marketing that assure economically sustainable access to high-quality forage seed to diverse clients’. International, national and local seed entrepreneurs, dairy farmers and national and international researchers...

Jan 2018Feb 2021

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation – Irrigated Fodder Development, Phase II

The project aims to build on the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Phase I work of validating and promoting sustainable small-scale irrigation technologies to produce irrigated fodder in the smallholder systems and help bridge seasonal feed shortages. The...

Jan 2018Oct 2023

Improved Forage Grasses: Making the case for their integration into humid to sub-humid livestock production systems in Kenya and Ethiopia

The aim of the project is to increase livestock productivity in the smallholder farms in Kenya and Ethiopia through the adoption and utilization of forage grasses in the diet of animals. The project also intends to generate evidence on the potential of improved forage grasses in increasing the...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...