Tags: farming systems

ILRI News on farming systems

15 Dec 2021

Amidst growing population pressures, who will feed Africa?

Africa’s population continues to boom, from 476 million in 1980 to 1.4 billion today to a projected 2.5 billion by 2050 and as much as 4.3 billion by 2100.[1] By 2050, two out of five newborns worldwide will be African; by 2100, one out of every two will be. The vast majority of these will be...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

03 Nov 2021

Ancient farming practices in the Burren region of Ireland reveal the mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and the environment

The Burren's stone walls enclose grazing livestock (photo credit: Brendan Dunford) For thousands of years, farmers in the Burren region of Ireland have marked the end of summer by moving their cattle onto ‘winterage’ pastures in the limestone uplands where they spend the winter grazing. This...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

27 Sep 2021

Smith delivers keynote at Tropentag conference

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was the featured CGIAR centre at the Tropentag conference in Germany this September, which centred on shifting paradigms in agriculture to achieve a healthy and sustainable future. The Tropentag is an annual interdisciplinary conference that...