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ILRI News on crop-livestock

10 Nov 2020

Community engagement a key to success in livestock systems transformation project in Northwest Vietnam

In the misty rural highlands in Northwest Vietnam, Li-chan means ‘beautiful’ or ‘true’ in the local Thai dialect. It is also the short form name of the systems-focused priority country program in Vietnam – ‘Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

15 Oct 2020

Remembering Michael Blümmel

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Michael Blümmel , a principal scientist and deputy program leader in the feed and forage development program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Michael passed away on Monday, 12 Oct 2020, after a short illness in his...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

ILRI News

15 Oct 2019

Scaling better and faster: towards a new framework for international livestock research

By Saba Ermyas Farmers benefit from ILRI Impact at Scale projects (photo credit: ILRI). Have you heard the saying ‘pilots never fail, pilots never scale’? Unfortunately, research shows that this saying is true most of the time because few pilot projects successfully scale up to sustainable and long...

Paul KaraimuCommunications officer

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Publications on crop-livestock

Thesis

Published2020

Genetic diversity study in Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) collections and progenies

Manual

Published2020

Management planning for highland communal grazing lands

Journal Article

Published2020

Changes in vegetation structure, aboveground biomass and soil quality in response to traditional grazing land management practices in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2021

Genome wide association study and genomic prediction for stover quality traits in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

Report

Published2020

Report on management objectives prioritization in communal grasslands in Menz, Ethiopia

Report

Published2020

Report on characterisation of communal grasslands in Abergele, Ethiopia

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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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