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ILRI News on agriculture

12 Jul 2019

Sam Thevasagayam of the Gates Foundation receives the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ 2019 International Award

Sam Thevasagayam, deputy director for global development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) Sri Lankan-born global animal health professional Sam Thevasagayam today received a top award from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the 175-year-...

ILRI clippings

12 Jul 2019

Paul Karaimu

Inoculating legume plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria improves yields in Ethiopia and could save USD28 million annually in fertilizer costs

A legume farming demonstration plot by the N2Africa project in Pawe, Benshangul Gumuz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). A five-year project that promoted nitrogen fixation through the use of rhizobia bacteria in grain legumes in Ethiopia has helped participating smallholder farmers...

Sustainable livestock systems

08 Jul 2019

Sarah Kasyoka

Adapting the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey in Uganda: insights from the field

Originally published on the RHoMIS blog . ‘I’ve worked with the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for over a year now, built close to thirty applications, and worked with research teams in over twenty countries. Yet my trip to Uganda last week was my inaugural experience with applying...

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Publications on agriculture

Poster

Published2019

Africa RISING: Innovation for development highlights

Presentation

Published2019

Exploring behavioural economics: Using 'nudge theory' to improve the effectiveness of SafePORK interventions in Vietnam

agriculture

Presentation

Published2019

Investing in agriculture to reduce human health externalities: A low- and middle-income country perspective

Presentation

Published2019

Scaling agricultural innovations: Theoretical and practical insights from Africa RISING Ethiopian highlands project

Presentation

Published2019

Trade-off and synergy analysis of ES for improving land management strategies in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2019

Supplementing tropical cattle for improved nutrient utilization and reduced enteric methane emissions

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ILRI Projects on agriculture

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...

Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP)

The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) is jointly led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to better understand gender and asset dynamics in agricultural development programs. GAAP core team members works...