Tags: dairying

ILRI News on dairying

20 Nov 2019

Building capacity of African researchers in genomics to play key role in boosting productivity of livestock systems

Group photo of students and tutors at the livestock genomics workshop at ILRI, Ethiopia (photo credit: Erik Bongcam/SLU). Written by Ekta Patel and Paul Karaimu The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) recently trained African...

AgHealth blog

16 Oct 2019

Tezira Lore

New study explores the role of livestock products for nutrition in the first 1000 days of life

On World Food Day 2019, we highlight a recent article by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute that summarizes the current state of knowledge on the role of livestock products for nutrition, with emphasis on the first 1000 days of life for individuals living in low-income...

ILRI clippings

05 Oct 2019

Susan MacMillan

India establishes separate ministerial livestock portfolio, a sector outperforming crop agriculture

All illustrations by Bengali artist Jamini Roy, 1887–1972. ‘The creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry, dairying, and fisheries for the first time by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his second term has aroused keen interest in the agricultural policy space. With...

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Publications on dairying

Journal Article

Published2020

Preliminary study on the relationship between aflatoxin-bovine serum albumin adducts in blood and aflatoxin M1 levels in milk of dairy cows

News Item

Published2019

Cell phone apps and emerging genomic tools are giving farmers and scientists the information they need to improve dairy cattle in Africa

Report

Published2019

Mapping of informal dairy value chain actors in selected districts of Assam

Conference Paper

Published2019

Improving the accuracy of genomic predictions in small holder crossed- bred dairy cattle

Conference Paper

Published2019

Evaluating the impact of heat stress as measured by temperature- humidity index (THI) on test-day milk yield of dairy cattle in Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2018

Signatures of selection in admixed dairy cattle in Tanzania

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ILRI Projects on dairying

Sep 2017Dec 2019

Facilitating Value Addition and Processing in the Context of the Cassava, Maize, Banana, Vegetable and Livestock Value Chains(PRODEMA) Activities to support the Milk Value Chain

This phase of the Project (PRODEMA II) is concerned with value addition, developing markets, demonstration and upscaling of new technologies for dairy, cassava, banana, fruits and vegetables and improving human nutrition along these value chains.

Jan 2019Dec 2022

Rwanda Dairy Development Project is implemented by Government of Rwanda under a loan from IFAD. This technical assistance project aims to support improved feeding of dairy cattle across project sites

Aims to provide livestock technical support including use of ration balancing approaches, feed-supply demand work and the use of other prioritization tools including SoFT to the Rwanda dairy development project

Jan 2019Dec 2020

Feed the Future - Accelerated Value Chain Development Program phase II

The Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development program seeks to widely apply technologies and innovations for selected value chains in order to competitively and sustainably increase productivity, contributing to inclusive agricultural growth, nutrition and food security in the...

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