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ILRI News on livestock

20 Aug 2019

ILRI vacancy: Research Officer – Livestock CRP country project, Vietnam (closing date: 03 September 2019)

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Research Officer to support the implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-Food Systems, known as Livestock CRP in Vietnam. This position is jointly employed by ILRI and Center for Tropical Agriculture (...

ILRI News

15 Aug 2019

Paul Karaimu

US ambassador to Mali visits communities in Sikasso region supported by an ILRI-led livestock technology scaling project

Written by Assoumane Maiga Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talking to Dennis Haskins, US Ambassador to Mali (in dark jacket) and his delegation about business and job opportunities created by the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (photo credit: ILRI/Amadou Nouh Saw). On 25 July...

ILRI News

14 Aug 2019

Ekta Patel

Boosting Uganda’s action plans on livestock development – BMZ-funded project to tackle animal health challenges

Rose Ademun (MAAIF), Julia Kronberg (BMZ) and Jimmy Smith (ILRI) at the BuildUganda Project launch in Kampala, Uganda (Photo credit: ILRI/Ekta Patel) Written by Ekta Patel, Kristina Roesel and Peter Ballantyne In early June this year, policymakers, researchers, government and private sector...

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Publications on livestock

Brief

Published2019

Feed and fodder production in different agro-climatic zones and its utilization for livestock of Odisha

Report

Published2017

Where should the Muguga cocktail be used? The distributions of Theilieria parva, its hosts and vectors in Africa

Journal Article

Published2019

Women's agency in changing contexts: A case study of innovation processes in Western Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Reproductive performance indicators of dairy cattle in selected small-scale dairy farms in semi-arid Eastern Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

A qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control

Presentation

Published2019

Accelerating uptake of research on sustainable livestock interventions—Insights from the Livestock CRP

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ILRI Projects on livestock

Mar 2019Feb 2022

Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development

This project aims to increase sustainable livestock productivity and improve marketing of livestock products by enhancing quality and reliability of integrated public-private veterinary service delivery. The project also supports the certification of export abattoirs through the development of meat...

Aug 2015Dec 2019

Zoonoses in livestock in Kenya

Continuing changes to livestock production systems in Kenya and elsewhere to satisfy increased demand for livestock products affect the risk of zoonoses and other infectious diseases. The most important changes are the commercialisation and intensification of what was previously subsistence farming...

Jan 2019Dec 2023

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...

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