animal welfare

ILRI News on animal welfare

12 Oct 2021

The World Animal Day celebrated in Ethiopia

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) celebrated the World Animal Day in partnership with Brook Ethiopia, ELNet Foundation and the Ethiopia Veterinary Association on 9 October 2021. Activities to mark the day were held in Addis Ababa, under the...

Beamlak TesfayeKnowledge management and communications expert

AgHealth blog

07 Oct 2021

ILRI researchers contribute to Scientific and Technical Review special issue on veterinary services

A special issue (Aug 2021) of the Scientific and Technical Review journal of the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OIE ) turns the spotlight on the operation of veterinary services in a world affected by various external factors such as climate change and emerging zoonotic diseases. The COVID-...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

Beca-ILRI Hub news

24 Jun 2021

Former ABCF fellow’s research is conserving and improving indigenous goats in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Livestock farming is an important source of income in rural households in African countries. Goats, which were one of the first animals to be domesticated in the continent, are especially important in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they are kept by 75% of the rural population and...