Tags: crop-livestock

ILRI News on crop-livestock

30 Aug 2021

Engaging key stakeholders towards a CGIAR sustainable animal productivity initiative in Vietnam

To implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy , the global research partnership CGIAR is developing a series of initiatives designed to achieve a world with sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems that deliver more diverse, healthy, safe, sufficient and affordable diets,...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

Africa RISING feed

20 Jul 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Cowpea living mulch for food security and soil health

Intercropping cowpea as a living mulch with maize improves food security and dietary diversity. It also conserves soil moisture, adds soil nitrogen, and suppresses weed growth. This four-page brief, prepared by Nurdeen Abdul Rahman, Fred Kizito and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon of the International...

Africa RISING communications

Africa RISING feed

09 Jun 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Optimal spacing for groundnuts in smallholder farming systems

Increasing the planting density for groundnut generates multiple benefits by boosting yields of grain and fodder per unit area. It enhances soil fertility, improves water retention, and prevents weed growth, thereby raising farmers’ food security and incomes. This four-page brief, prepared by...

Jonathan Odhong

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Publications on crop-livestock

Journal Article

Published2021

Herbage accumulation and nutritive value of Urochloa hybrid cv. ‘Mulato II’, Urochloa ruziziensis and Megathyrsus maximus cv. “C1” in sub-humid zone of West Africa

Blog Post

Published2021

From waste to wealth: the innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry

Blog Post

Published2021

A profitable, planet-friendly ‘piggy-back’? Adapting second-generation biofuel technologies to boost livestock nutrition

Blog Post

Published2021

Fodder for thought: FEAST tool helps farmers optimise livestock feed for productivity

Journal Article

Published2021

Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank

Journal Article

Published2021

The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

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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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