Tags: agriculture

ILRI News on agriculture

18 Nov 2019

The future of livestock in the developing world: myths, complexities and trade-offs

The future of livestock in the developing world was one of the principal themes at the third International Tropical Agriculture (TropAg) Conference held from 11-13 November 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. From left: Lindsay Falvey, Robyn Alders, Shirley Tarawali, Richard Eckard, Rebecca Doyle, Mario...

ILRI clippings

14 Nov 2019

David Aronson

Tropical agriculture conference takes unexpected turn: Toward optimism

The future of livestock in the developing world was one of the principal themes at the third International Tropical Agriculture (TropAg) Conference held from 11-13 November 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference focused on the challenge of feeding the world’s ever-growing population, which is...

Sustainable livestock systems

13 Nov 2019

Judy Kimani

Climate-smart livestock program rolled out in southwestern Uganda

The Program for Climate-Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL) was launched at the national level in Uganda in early April 2019. It aims to increase livestock’s contribution to the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, mitigate greenhouse gas...

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Publications on agriculture

Journal Article

Published2019

A genome-wide association study approach to the identification of candidate genes underlying agronomic traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Presentation

Published2019

Scaling of agricultural innovations: The what, why and how of scaling

Journal Article

Published2019

Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: Perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel

Journal Article

Published2019

Correlated non-classical measurement errors, ‘Second best’ policy inference, and the inverse size-productivity relationship in agriculture

Journal Article

Published2019

Women's agency in changing contexts: A case study of innovation processes in Western Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse

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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...