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ILRI News on livestock

24 Dec 2021

MorePork project creates digital content to help farmers in Uganda improve their pig enterprises

The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock (CRP Livestock) in Uganda has implemented the MorePork project since the year 2012 with the most recent phase, MorePork II, ending on 31 December 2021. The goal of the MorePork project is to improve the incomes of pig value chain actors through marketing...

Edwin KangetheDigital Extension and Scaling Specialist

ILRI Asia blog

23 Dec 2021

Science and technology: a driving force in sustainable agricultural development

(The roundtable discussion was published on VnEconomy Newspaper on 22 December 2021) Drastic changes in the agro-forestry-fisheries sector have been seen in recent years because of scientific research, technical advances, and modern agricultural production and processing technologies. With...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

16 Dec 2021

CGIAR AMR Hub hosts Antimicrobial Resistance seminar

On November 18, the first day of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Hub hosted a virtual seminar addressing antimicrobial awareness. Launched in 2019 and led by ILRI, the AMR Hub is a global research and development partnership for reducing agricultural-...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on livestock

Blog Post

Published2021

Criticism of animal farming in the west risks health of world’s poorest

Report

Published2021

High Quality Cassava Peel Project: Nigeria Scaling Scan report

Report

Published2021

Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development project: Preliminary report on herd health manager smart phone application

Blog Post

Published2021

Putting accountability at the centre of the UN Food Systems Summit

Journal Article

Published2022

Mitonuclear incompatibility as a hidden driver behind the genome ancestry of African admixed cattle

Report

Published2021

Research protocol: Adaptation practices in livestock systems - Participatory adaptation analysis

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ILRI Projects on livestock

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...

Nov 2019Apr 2022

Global livestock advocacy for development

The project builds on lessons and insights from the Global Livestock Advocacy for Development (GLAD) project (2016–2019) that addressed three key problems: a growing negative view of livestock in industrialized nations, low attention to the sector in wider agricultural and broader development...

Jan 2020Dec 2022

Genome-wide association study in indigenous poultry breeds and varieties

Objective To assess diversity of Indian breeds in comparison with tropically adapted exotic chicken breeds To identify Indian breeds specific candidate signature of selection for adaptive and productivity traits To design and develop SNP chip for Indian chicken breeds Methods For conducting...

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