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ILRI News on livestock

29 Jul 2022

New genomic tool holds promise for rapid surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus

Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and colleagues have published a new study in BMC Genomics (Jul 2022) that describes the development of a computational tool for genomic surveillance of the Rift Valley fever virus that can aid in rapid detection and control of...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

17 Jul 2022

A livestock master plan is produced for India's Odisha State

The following is a foreword by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), to a new ILRI report, Odisha Livestock Master Plan 2022/23–2026/27 . 'The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners have, since 2013, provided technical...

Jimmy SmithDirector general
Enock ChikavaAgriculture development interim director(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Shri R. Raghu PrasadIFS principal secretary, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department(Government of Odisha)

ILRI Asia

27 Jun 2022

Nepal Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development explores collaboration opportunities with ILRI during visit to India

Collaboration opportunities to strengthen Nepal’s livestock sector were top of the agenda when Shri Mahindra Ray Yadav, Nepal’s minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development along with his private secretary, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, visited the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI )...

Vijayalakshmy KennadyScientist & Communications Officer, South Asia

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Publications on livestock

Report

Published2022

Nutritional content of different feed and fodder resources in different agroclimatic zones of Odisha

Presentation

Published2022

Antimicrobial resistance in the animal sector

Journal Article

Published2022

Symposium review: Effective nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane in dairy cattle

Report

Published2022

Rapid gender landscaping analysis in the poultry sector: Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

Report

Published2022

Deliver food safety messages to the community: An integrated approach between researchers and journalists – The case of animal-source food

Report

Published2022

LegumeSELECT: Stakeholder mapping for legume intensification in LegumeSELECT Project sites in Ethiopia

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ILRI Projects on livestock

Jan 2022Jul 2025

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action

Tomorrow’s food insecurity and malnutrition, however, can be overcome today by early actions and solutions that increase the resilience and adaptive capacities of pastoralist communities facing climate threats. Jameel Observatory adopt a community of practice approach which was launched in Kenya...

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...

Dec 2019Apr 2022

Gender planning

Much effort has been geared towards ‘gender mainstreaming’ to ensure that women’s needs, capabilities and constraints are included in the development of technologies, practices and business approaches. Such mainstreaming in livestock often aimed to highlight the underplayed, invisible and...

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