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...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

04 Nov 2019

Peter Ballantyne

Next phase of Maziwa Zaidi project in Tanzania to promote agri-entrepreneurship, technology uptake and inclusive dairy development

Moving milk by motorbike in Tanzania: Adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor smallholder value chains in Tanzania project (photo credit: ILRI/Ben Lukuyu). Earlier this year, the CGIAR’s Livestock research program provided additional resources to take forward work in four priority countries –...

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...

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Publications on dairying

Report

Published2019

LUKE-ADGG hands-on animal genetic and genomic evaluation joint course, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-13 September 2019

Presentation

Published2019

Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

Blog Post

Published2018

Why Ethiopia’s dairy industry can’t meet growing demand for milk

Journal Article

Published2019

Beyond “women and youth”: Applying intersectionality in agricultural research for development

Conference Paper

Published2013

The prediction of genetic structure of East African smallholder dairy cattle

Conference Paper

Published2019

Signatures of selection in admixed dairy cattle of Kenya

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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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