Tags: environment

ILRI News on environment

17 Jan 2020

Participatory management strengthens governance, management and productivity of rangelands

Written by Fiona Flintan Participatory rangeland management (PRM) strengthens local governance institutions, the management of rangeland resources, and improves rangeland productivity. This was the conclusion of a three-year study reviewing the application and impacts of PRM in Ethiopia over the...

ILRI clippings

10 Jan 2020

Susan MacMillan

Inalienable imperative—More, and more sustainable, meat, milk, eggs and fish for more than one billion people

A new scientific article from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems judiciously pushes back against some of the on-going anti-livestock rhetoric appearing in Western media. The new paper has four big messages: Meat, offal, milk, eggs and fish are vital to—and missing from—the...

ILRI News

08 Jan 2020

Ekta Patel

As United States marks January as ‘National One Health Awareness Month’, public, veterinary and environmental health in Africa is bolstered by the start of a new ‘One Health’ centre

Menz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) Each year, an International One Health Day is celebrated globally on 3 Nov. Last month, the US Senate designated Jan 2020 as ‘National One Health Awareness Month’ to promote collaboration among public, animal and environmental health scientists...

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Publications on environment

News Item

Published2019

A novel way of treating crop residues may yield a host of benefits for farmers, local economies, and the broader environment

Brochure

Published2019

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

Journal Article

Published2020

Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in Savanna ecosystems of Kenya

Brief

Published2019

Enabling locally relevant planning for sustainable livestock sector development: The CLEANED approach

Journal Article

Published2019

Application of grazing land models in ecosystem management: Current status and next frontiers

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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...