Tags: crop-livestock

ILRI News on crop-livestock

23 Mar 2022

Climate-smart farming offers hope to Zimbabwe’s smallholders and livestock keepers

For 60-year-old Maxwell Machivenyika, farm-life was filled with tedium, drudgery and challenges. To get the job done working on his small farm meant waking up at 4 a.m. daily. Machivenyika has been growing maize, Zimbabwe’s main staple crop, since 1988. But his yields have been poor because of...

Johnson SiamachiraCommunication Officer(Cirad)

ILRI News

11 Feb 2022

Livestock for food and nutrition security in Malawi

On 16 October 2021, a policy dialogue event, titled ‘Livestock for food and nutrition security in Malawi: Policy gaps, needs and opportunities’, was held to discuss the current policy challenges facing Malawi’s livestock sector. The event was informed by the joint ICRISAT-ILRI Crop Livestock...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

12 Oct 2021

Art exhibition showcases artist and farmer view of livestock development in Vietnam

About 120 artworks and photos on livestock from the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Livestock-led Interventions towards Equitable Livelihoods and Improved Environment in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam , otherwise known as the Li-chăn project, will be displayed in an exhibition to be...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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Publications on crop-livestock

Thesis

Published2022

Diversity and genome-wide association in Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus L.) collections for agronomic and drought-tolerance related traits

Report

Published2022

Supporting training of trainers (ToTs) to formulate feed rations for farmers using the FeedCalculator app in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2022

Assessing the fodder potentials of drought-tolerant maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids in West Africa

Book Chapter

Published2022

Turning waste to wealth: Harnessing the potential of cassava peels for nutritious animal feed

Report

Published2022

Dutch Research Council (NWO) Feed and Forage Seed Business Model Project: An evaluation of business models and pathways for commercial production and marketing of forage seeds in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2022

Exploring the variation in grain and straw yield and straw quality traits of improved varieties of Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter]

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ILRI Projects on crop-livestock

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

Using system analysis and modeling tools to develop improved feeding strategies for small-scale crop-livestock farmers in Southeast Asia

Project Objectives/Goals: The project will aim at enhancing farm feed resources by optimizing the contribution of sweet potato, legumes and other feed sources to year-round feed availability, livestock productivity and household income. Outputs: 1.Novel pig feeding systems based on sweet potato, forage legumes and other feed sources toincrease feed availability, livestock productivity and household income, under the environmental and economic constraints in the project area.

Cereal System Initiative South Asia (CSISA)

The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was established in 2009 to promote durable change at scale in South Asia’s cereal-based cropping systems. CSISA supports regional and national efforts to improve cereal production growth in South Asia’s Indo-Gangetic Plains, home to the region’s...

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