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ILRI News on markets

05 Nov 2020

India’s Odisha state starts work on a livestock master plan

Rearing goats in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) . The Indian state of Odisha has officially rolled-out the process of designing a ‘livestock master plan’ (LMP) with the support of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The process started on 22 Oct...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI clippings

12 Oct 2020

How viable are schemes to give poor people making and selling ‘informal’ milk greater market access?

Artworks on this page: Various Jugs, by Katie Grobler. A new re port from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) reviews the effectiveness of training and certification schemes designed to give small-scale ‘...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

AgHealth blog

12 Oct 2020

Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets

A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) reviews the status and policy contexts of informal milk markets in Kenya, Tanzania and Assam (India) to better...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on markets

Poster

Published2020

Avian influenza virus surveillance in live bird markets, northern Vietnam

Training Material

Published2020

Introduction to Market Systems Approaches in Project Implementation, 11–20 August 2020

Video

Published2020

Market challenges to improved pig productivity in Uganda

Conference Paper

Published2020

Food safety in informal markets

Journal Article

Published2020

A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions

Video

Published2020

Food safety in the domestic markets of developing countries

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ILRI Projects on markets

Mar 2019Mar 2022

Feed and Forage Seed Business Models to Support Further Professionalization of the Dairy Sector in Kenya and Uganda

The project aims to ‘Develop viable business models for forage seed production and marketing that assure economically sustainable access to high-quality forage seed to diverse clients’. International, national and local seed entrepreneurs, dairy farmers and national and international researchers...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

Nov 2018Oct 2022

Urban food markets in Africa: Incentivizing food safety using a pull-push approach

The project aims to improve food safety in urban informal markets in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. While previous efforts have focused on training producers or regulators with little attention to incentives for behaviour change, the project investigates if consumer demand can provide the same...

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