Tags: crop-livestock

ILRI News on crop-livestock

22 Aug 2019

Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING exchange visit in Ghana

Themed exchange visits to strategically selected project sites have been used over the years within the Africa RISING program to promote cross-learning and experience sharing among partners implementing the program’s activities in different countries. On 17-21 June 2019, activity sites in northern...

ILRI News

15 Aug 2019

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US ambassador to Mali visits communities in Sikasso region supported by an ILRI-led livestock technology scaling project

Written by Assoumane Maiga Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talking to Dennis Haskins, US Ambassador to Mali (in dark jacket) and his delegation about business and job opportunities created by the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (photo credit: ILRI/Amadou Nouh Saw). On 25 July...

Africa RISING feed

23 Jul 2019

Africa RISING communications

In pictures: the 2019 Africa RISING Tanzania monitoring visit

The Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) project management team led by the project manager, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon; the ESA project chief scientist, Mateete Bekunda and implementing partners visited different project sites in Tanzania on 18–31 March. The three-day visit reviewed the...

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Publications on crop-livestock

Brief

Published2019

Feed and fodder production in different agro-climatic zones and its utilization for livestock of Odisha

Journal Article

Published2019

Elevation of condensed tannins in the leaves of Ta-MYB14-1 white clover (Trifolium repens L.) outcrossed with high anthocyanin lines

Presentation

Published2019

Feeds and forage research and development under SIMLESA project: Achievements and lessons

Poster

Published2019

Opportunities from mobile NIRS

Brief

Published2019

Sustainable Rangeland Management project Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2019

Genotyping by sequencing provides new insights into the diversity of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) and reveals variation in genome-wide LD patterns between collections

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ILRI Projects on crop-livestock

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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.

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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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