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ILRI News on feeds

15 May 2020

ILRI feed technology research platform makes more fodder available to developing-world livestock keepers

Gujar nomads with buffalo near Mussorie during the workshop to develop a tool for Feed Technology Screening and Prioritisation, Dehra Dun, India (photo credit: ILRI/Nils Teufel). Located at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru, India,...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

ILRI News

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...

Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy

Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

28 Oct 2019

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...

Alan DuncanPrincipal Livestock Scientist

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Publications on feeds

Journal Article

Published2020

Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle

Journal Article

Published2020

Variation in the carbon footprint of milk production on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Digesta passage and nutrient digestibility in Boran steers at low feed intake levels

Journal Article

Published2020

Developing improved methods for cost effective viability monitoring of Aeschynomene abyssinica and A. americana

Journal Article

Published2020

Effects of dietary supplementation of Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae) on reproductive parameters in local Kabir rooster of Cameroon

Brochure

Published2020

Feed technology research platform Patancheru, India

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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

ILRI feed technology research platform makes more fodder available to developing-world livestock keepers

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

The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments

Publications on feeds

Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle

Variation in the carbon footprint of milk production on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya

Digesta passage and nutrient digestibility in Boran steers at low feed intake levels

Developing improved methods for cost effective viability monitoring of Aeschynomene abyssinica and A. americana

Effects of dietary supplementation of Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae) on reproductive parameters in local Kabir rooster of Cameroon

Feed technology research platform Patancheru, India

ILRI Projects on feeds

TAAT livestock compact

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