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David Aronson

We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable

‘Until we start thinking of human and animal health as linked, another coronavirus is inevitable’, warns Jimmy Smith , the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) director general in an op-ed published 26 February in the Independent (paywalled, registration required). ‘The coronavirus (...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age

Mark van Wijk, a senior scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and his colleagues are excited to announce the first public release of a dataset generated by surveys of more than 13,000 households in 21 countries using a novel survey tool – the Rural Household Multi-...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Role of pastoralist social networks in coping with crises: lessons from food aid interventions in Ethiopia

Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets. For many humanitarian and development actors, a household is presumed to represent the most appropriate social unit for aid delivery. However, pastoralist family groupings are far more complex...

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