Tags: environment

ILRI News on environment

11 Aug 2022

GIZ’s program for returning experts supports the Mazingira Centre to improve capacity and delivery

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) have jointly donated equipment worth more than €17,000 to the Mazingira Centre at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to enhance its animal nutrition laboratory...

David NgomeCommunications Officer

ILRI News

03 Aug 2022

Two new ‘One Health’ projects are launched to improve human health

A workshop kicked off two new projects—the CGIAR Initiative on Protecting Human Health through a One Health Approach and the ICT4Health project funded by the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs—on 3 August in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two projects will help improve human health by...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

25 Jul 2022

18 livestock investments to take One Health to scale and prevent new pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic is only the latest evidence that we can’t protect human health if we fail to protect the health of animals and environments. A new One Health playbook makes the case that livestock systems, economies and peoples of the South are One Health game-changers—inflection points for a...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow
Michael VictorHead, Communications and Knowledge Management
Cynthia MugoPolicy and Engagement Advisor(ILRI)

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Publications on environment

Brief

Published2021

Highland communal grassland management (HCGM) - A producer-driven approach for communal grasslands in the Ethiopian Highlands

Report

Published2021

High Quality Cassava Peel Project: Nigeria Scaling Scan report

Report

Published2021

Regional integrated livestock value chain simulation model for economic, equity, and environment policy assessment

Report

Published2021

Characterization of pig manure management and associated environmental and health issues in central Uganda

Brief

Published2021

Assessing the environmental impacts of livestock production using the CLEANED approach

Manual

Published2021

Training manual, LI-CHAN: Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the north-west highlands of Vietnam

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ILRI Projects on environment

Oct 2021Oct 2022

Circulation of antibiotic resistance genes at the wildlife–livestock interface in Kapiti, Kenya

Antimicrobial resistance poses a threat to food security, human health, the natural ecosystem and the global economy. Wildlife carry bacteria, some of which may be resistant to antibiotics. Through horizontal gene transfer, bacteria in a microbial community can transfer antibiotic resistance genes...

Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)

Objectives Within the KCSAP project, ILRI Mazingira aims to develop survey methods to reliably estimate GHG emission indicators and achieve the following objectives: Generate baseline estimates of GHG emission indicators (i.e. GHG emission intensities) for KCSAP Evaluate the effect(s) of TIMPs...

Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)

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