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Projects sponsored by BMZ

Oct 2021Oct 2022

Circulation of antibiotic resistance genes at the wildlife–livestock interface in Kapiti, Kenya

Antimicrobial resistance poses a threat to food security, human health, the natural ecosystem and the global economy. Wildlife carry bacteria, some of which may be resistant to antibiotics. Through horizontal gene transfer, bacteria in a microbial community can transfer antibiotic resistance genes...

Nov 2021Oct 2022

Understanding zoonotic risks from wild meat at the Kenya–Tanzania border

It is thought that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated illegal trade of wild meat in parts of Kenya, leading to reports of an escalation in wildlife poaching to sell game meat as domestic meat in the large urban centres in the country. It is also thought that zoonotic diseases can originate from...

Oct 2021Nov 2022

Sewage surveillance of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens from settlements in Kenya

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations showed that surveillance of sewage can be a sensitive tool to monitor the circulation of pathogens, especially the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19. This method relies on the premise that the virus will be shed, especially in faecal matter...

Jan 2018Dec 2019

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization listed the top 10 foodborne parasites of global concern in humans, with cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium ) ranked the highest and trichinellosis (caused by Trichinella spiralis ) seventh. Human...

Jan 2019Dec 2025

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...

BUILD

Jan 2018Dec 2022

Programme for climate-smart livestock systems

In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock is crucial for the livelihoods of more than 80 per cent of households that are classed as poor. As a result of a growing population, increasing income and urbanisation, demand for livestock products is rising steadily. Climate change has a negative impact on...

climate change

Apr 2014Mar 2017

Development of an improved vaccine for progressive control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

Apr 2014Mar 2017

LegumeCHOICE: Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East and Central Africa

Led by IITA, the Goal of the project is to improve food and nutrition security, reduce poverty, and enhance the production environment of smallholder farmers and rural populations, in particular women, through facilitation of the smart integration and use of multi-purpose legumes, providing food,...

Oct 2013Sep 2015

Piloting climate-adaptive forage seed systems in Ethiopia (FeedSeed)

Project goal: Poor livestock keepers in the project pilot areas will be using improved forage crop seeds in the project pilot areas mitigating feed constraints for systems intensification and leading to adaptation to climate change. 50% of the farmers producing forage seed and 20% of the seed...

May 2013Apr 2014

What is killing my cow? Re-assessing diseases in smallholder dairying in Tanzania

ILRI and its partners recently initiated a major engagement in Tanzania to generate solutions and evidence for large scale, pro-poor development of smallholder dairy value chains. Activities from several donor-funded projects are being integrated to characterize the current institutional context...

Mar 2012Dec 2015

Safe Food, Fair Food 2: From capacity building to implementation

The ultimate goal of this second phase of the Safe Food, Fair Food project (Safe Food, Fair Food 2) is the improvement of livelihoods of poor producers and consumers by reducing the health risks and increasing the livelihood benefits associated with meat, milk and fish value chains. Its purpose is...

Jul 2011Jun 2014

Livelihood diversifying potential of livestock based carbon sequestration options in pastoral and agro pastoral systems in Africa

Dependency on traditional livestock based livelihood options is increasingly untenable making diversification more and more urgent. Pastoral production systems have been impacted negatively by some of the following. Population pressure, increasing competition from other land uses and resultant...

climate change