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ILRI News on dairying

09 Dec 2021

How DFAs are rejuvenating the dairy industry in Homa Bay and Siaya counties

Okal Okoko, at his Okasambu Dairy Farm in Oyugis, Homa Bay Before 2019, Kasbondo Dairy Cooperative, in Oyugis, Homa Bay County used to receive 300-350 litres of milk per day from less than 25 farmers with only three of them able supply 60 litres per day. Across the region in Siaya County, SAM...

wanderaojanji

AgHealth blog

08 Dec 2021

Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 side event discusses the role of informal markets within future food systems

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 takes place on 7–8 December 2021. The summit comes at a critical time, midway through the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, with only five years left to achieve the World Health Assembly targets on maternal, infant and young child nutrition,...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

22 Oct 2021

On-farm Feed Advisor shows potential to increase animal productivity and enhance farmer livelihoods

In early 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched the On-farm Feed Advisor (OFA) , a mobile-based application designed to help farmers and extension workers balance nutrients in the diets of dairy animals. After undergoing successful pilot testing in India, OFA is being...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on dairying

Brief

Published2021

Business opportunities along sustainably intensified beef and dairy value chains

Poster

Published2021

Genome wide association study and factors affecting semen volume and concentration in Ethiopian dairy bulls

Journal Article

Published2021

Nested scales of sustainable livelihoods: Gendered perspectives on small-scale dairy development in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2021

Estimates of the economic cost caused by five major reproductive problems in dairy animals in Assam and Bihar, India

Blog Post

Published2021

A grass native to Africa could transform the continent’s dairy yields. Here’s how

Report

Published2021

Characterization of the livestock feed resources and potential for enhancing dairy productivity in Batoka, Choma District, Zambia

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ILRI Projects on dairying

Nov 2020Dec 2022

Regional integrated agricultural development project in the great lakes (PRDAIGL)

Objectives Facilitate access to modern animal husbandry techniques in epidemiological surveillance, disease control, artificial insemination and livestock feeding to improve dairy production. Activities Technical support for the purchase and distribution of 3,000 dairy cattle Support veterinary...

dairying

Jan 2018Feb 2021

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation – Irrigated Fodder Development, Phase II

The project aims to build on the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Phase I work of validating and promoting sustainable small-scale irrigation technologies to produce irrigated fodder in the smallholder systems and help bridge seasonal feed shortages. The...

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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

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