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ILRI News on environment

25 Mar 2020

Senior Kenya government officials visit ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station

Jimmy Smith (centre), Dieter Schillinger (second right) and Sita Ghimire (right) with Kenya government officials who recently visited the Kapiti Research Station (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Three senior Kenya government officials visited the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)...

ILRI News

20 Mar 2020

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Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the environment

Pastoralism is an effective and productive livelihood system that makes the best use of variably distributed natural resources in often dry rangeland areas where it has a particularly strong comparative advantage over other land uses. In order to function well, pastoralists and their livestock need...

Mazingira blog

13 Mar 2020

Sarah Kasyoka

ILRI trains East Africa officials on measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems

ILRI news Livestock production is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. But global estimates of these emissions are based on emission factors from developed countries. There is limited data on emissions from livestock systems in developing countries, which has...

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Publications on environment

Journal Article

Published2020

Effects of sustainable land management interventions on selected soil properties in Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2020

An assessment of the implications of alternative scales of communal land tenure formalization in pastoral systems

Journal Article

Published2019

Assessing across-scale optical diversity and productivity relationships in grasslands of the Italian Alps

Working Paper

Published2019

Livestock and water in developing countries

Brochure

Published2019

Kapiti Research Station: A livestock, environmental and agricultural research station in southeastern Kenya

Report

Published2019

A review on health and environmental aspects of current manure management practices in pig production systems in Uganda

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ILRI Projects on environment

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Jan 2010May 2013

Volta Basin Development Challenge: integrated management of rainwater for crop-livestock agro-ecosystems

Given the economic, social and environmental vulnerability due to high water scarcity and variability in the basin, improvements in rainwater management are needed for ensuring sustainable and equitable benefits. This project intends to identify, evaluate, adapt, and disseminate best-fit integrated...