Tags: crop-livestock

ILRI News on crop-livestock

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...

ILRI News

30 Sep 2019

Ekta Patel

An ILRI developed feed constraint decision making tool, FEAST, applies gender awareness

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

ILRI News

30 Sep 2019

Ekta Patel

ILRI develops a feed constraint decision making tool, G-FEAST

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Publications on crop-livestock

Journal Article

Published2020

Molecular mechanisms regulating carbohydrate metabolism during Lolium perenne regrowth vary in response to nitrogen and gibberellin supply

Conference Paper

Published2019

Carcass characteristics and organ weights of broiler chickens fed varying inclusion levels of Cassava (Manihotesculentacrantz) peel based diets

Internal Document

Published2019

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals: Program participant agreement

Journal Article

Published2020

Evaluating the effects of storage conditions on dry matter loss and nutritional quality of grain legume fodders in West Africa

Blog Post

Published2019

FeedLink – to link fodder surplus-deficit regions

Conference Paper

Published2019

Use of Near Infra Red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to profile fatty acids of feeds and forages

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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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