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ILRI News on feeds

13 Dec 2019

A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development

Jean Ndikumana at a 2010 stakeholders meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). The board, directors and staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) mourn the passing of a former colleague and...

Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

28 Oct 2019

Alan Duncan

The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

G-FEAST – a gendered version of FEAST Feeding cows; Tana River watershed, Kenya; Credit Georgina Smith CIAT Feeding livestock involves multiple tasks including planting, weeding and harvesting of forages, collecting and storing crop residues and purchasing of concentrate feeds. In every farming...

ILRI News

30 Sep 2019

Ekta Patel

An ILRI developed feed constraint decision making tool, FEAST, applies gender awareness

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

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Publications on feeds

Extension Material

Published2019

Gendered assessment of livestock feeding system in northern and southern Burkina Faso

Report

Published2020

Application of nutrient concentration of cattle faeces to develop algorithms estimating apparent in vivo digestibility and metabolisable energy of tropical ruminant forages

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ILRI Projects on feeds

Nov 2017Oct 2020

TAAT livestock compact

Livestock supports the livelihood of about 1.3 billion people in developing countries and contributes up to 30 per cent of the agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly through the provision of meat, milk, eggs, wool and hides and skins. Demand for...

Tags: feeds

ILRI News on feeds

A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development

The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

An ILRI developed feed constraint decision making tool, FEAST, applies gender awareness

Publications on feeds

How to feed lactating cows

How to conserve fodder

How to establish fodder

Feeds, forages and feeding of dairy animals

Gendered assessment of livestock feeding system in northern and southern Burkina Faso

Application of nutrient concentration of cattle faeces to develop algorithms estimating apparent in vivo digestibility and metabolisable energy of tropical ruminant forages

ILRI Projects on feeds

TAAT livestock compact

Fodder and feed as a key opportunity for driving sustainable intensification of crop livestock systems in Tanzania