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ILRI News on feeds

08 Sep 2020

New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’

Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yesterday (7 Sep 2020) the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and four partners—Bidco Land O’Lakes, Corteva Agriscience, Forage Genetics International (FGI) and Land O’Lakes Venture37—...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

ILRI News

28 Aug 2020

ILRI Forage Genebank supports development of improved forage varieties to increase livestock productivity in Ethiopia

Alieu Sartie in the seed storage cold room at the ILRI forage genebank (photo credit:ILRI/Apollo Habtamu) The recent release of the CGIAR Genebank Platform 2019 annual report highlights that, for the third year in a row, germplasm distribution to requesters outside of the CGIAR exceeded that to...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

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Publications on feeds

Journal Article

Published2020

A scoping review of feed interventions and livelihoods of small-scale livestock keepers

Journal Article

Published2020

Morphological characterization of buffelgrass with potential for forage and seed production

Poster

Published2020

Enhancing availability of quality forages seeds in Uganda and Kenya

Poster

Published2020

Training and certification of small scale commercial feed producers in Uganda

Report

Published2020

Synthesis report for characterization of communal grasslands in Menz and Abergele in Ethiopia

Poster

Published2020

Below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation

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ILRI Projects on feeds

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

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...

International Livestock Research Institute

Tags: feeds

ILRI News on feeds

New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’

ILRI Forage Genebank supports development of improved forage varieties to increase livestock productivity in Ethiopia

New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe

Publications on feeds

A scoping review of feed interventions and livelihoods of small-scale livestock keepers

Morphological characterization of buffelgrass with potential for forage and seed production

Enhancing availability of quality forages seeds in Uganda and Kenya

Training and certification of small scale commercial feed producers in Uganda

Synthesis report for characterization of communal grasslands in Menz and Abergele in Ethiopia

Below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation

ILRI Projects on feeds

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

TAAT livestock compact

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