Tags: environment

ILRI News on environment

12 Jul 2021

Building the evidence case for scaling up drought risk financing in East Africa

Just over 10 years ago, researchers at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and their partners* launched an ambitious experiment: to provide index based livestock insurance (IBLI) for livestock keepers to help protect them from drought-related asset losses. This safety net...

Mireille FerrariCommunications Manager, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

ILRI News

24 Jun 2021

Tracking the livestock sector for better climate change adaptation and mitigation in Kenya

Globally, countries are making pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of the Paris Agreement, and Kenya is among those that have submitted an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The country has set a target of reducing GHG emissions by 32% below a business-as-...

ILRI News

18 Jun 2021

'Futures thinking' workshop envisions pathways for a sustainable and climate-smart livestock sector in Kenya

The Programme for Climate-Smart Livestock (PCSL) hosted a Futures Thinking workshop for livestock sector stakeholders in Kenya. The virtual workshop brought together 35 participants representing stakeholders in the country from the government, private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),...

Laura PereiraResearcher(Stockholm Resilience Center )
David NgomeCommunication Specialist

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Publications on environment

Journal Article

Published2021

Antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence in foods, food handlers, animals, and the environment

Journal Article

Published2021

A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in northern Kenya

Journal Article

Published2021

Spatial distribution of Culex mosquito abundance and associated risk factors in Hanoi, Vietnam

Journal Article

Published2021

Nitrogen cycling in pastoral livestock systems in sub‐Saharan Africa: Knowns and unknowns

Journal Article

Published2021

Soil N2O emission from organic and conventional cotton farming in northern Tanzania

Blog Post

Published2021

Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: This could open the door to more diseases

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ILRI Projects on environment

Jan 2021Dec 2021

Silvopastoralism and welfare of animals in Borana

Silvopastoralism is a form of agroforestry that involves integrating trees, forage and the grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial way. This project will develop site-specific action plans to strengthen silvopastoralism and its value chain integrating management of dry forests,...

Jan 2020Dec 2021

Synergies of animal welfare and agroforestry to benefit farming systems in Ethiopia

Agroforestry, the integration of trees into agriculture, is a promising agricultural method for facing the challenges of climate change. Trees and shrubs hold enormous potential for improving livestock management by providing diverse fodder, protection from wind and heat, more resilient grazing...

Mar 2019Apr 2032

One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)

The project brings together professionals in human and animal health and the environment to achieve better access to human and veterinary health services and sustainable natural resources management. To implement One Health , the project works with communities, public and private service providers...

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