Tags: livestock

ILRI News on livestock

03 Dec 2021

Milk and animal source foods can help turn the tide on malnutrition for children in Rwanda

The tummies of little children need to be filled with a variety of nutritious foods for them to flourish and grow into healthy adults. This, and the importance of including animal-source foods into their diets, has been the focus of an initiative in Rwanda, aimed at building on work already done to...

Natalie BerkoutWriter(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)
Tara Todras-WhitehillVisual storyteller(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)

ILRI News

05 Nov 2021

ILRI’s Iain Wright appointed to the HLPE

Iain Wright , deputy director general research and development–Integrated Sciences at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has been appointed to the fifteen-person High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) Steering Committee . Its members are appointed by...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

04 Nov 2021

Mrode’s article about increasing productivity gains through genomic prediction is selected as an Editor’s Choice in JDS

Raphael Mrode’s article, ‘ Genomic prediction of crossbred dairy cattle in Tanzania: A route to productivity gains in smallholder dairy systems ’, was selected as an “Editor’s Choice” in the November issue of the Journal of Dairy Science . Mrode is a principal scientist in quantitative dairy cattle...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

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Publications on livestock

Blog Post

Published2021

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy: The tech that’s taking the guess-work out of assessing feed quality

Report

Published2021

Rangeland health integration for improved One Health outcomes: Status and prospects

Presentation

Published2020

Raising the visibility of livestock in African policy dialogue

Journal Article

Published2021

Gender dynamics around introduction of improved forages in Kenya and Ethiopia

Conference Paper

Published2021

What are the main limits to smallholder livestock production in the tropics – according to farmers?

Conference Paper

Published2021

Livestock feed constraints in East Africa: spatialized metrics for availability and quality

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ILRI Projects on livestock

Jan 2021Dec 2021

Silvopastoralism and welfare of animals in Borana

Silvopastoralism is a form of agroforestry that involves integrating trees, forage and the grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial way. This project will develop site-specific action plans to strengthen silvopastoralism and its value chain integrating management of dry forests,...

Jan 2020Dec 2021

Synergies of animal welfare and agroforestry to benefit farming systems in Ethiopia

Agroforestry, the integration of trees into agriculture, is a promising agricultural method for facing the challenges of climate change. Trees and shrubs hold enormous potential for improving livestock management by providing diverse fodder, protection from wind and heat, more resilient grazing...

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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