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ILRI News on sheep

17 Jul 2022

A livestock master plan is produced for India's Odisha State

The following is a foreword by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), to a new ILRI report, Odisha Livestock Master Plan 2022/23–2026/27 . 'The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners have, since 2013, provided technical...

Jimmy SmithDirector general
Enock ChikavaAgriculture development interim director(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Shri R. Raghu PrasadIFS principal secretary, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department(Government of Odisha)

ILRI News

12 Apr 2022

Q fever common in Tana River and Garissa counties: New study reveals

Coxiella burnetii , the bacterium that causes query fever (Q fever) in humans and livestock, is widely spread in Kenya’s Tana River and Garissa counties and it could pose serious economic and human health risks in the region. This is one of the findings of a study by the International Livestock...

Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Specialist
Daniel Nthiwa(ILRI)

ILRI News

22 Oct 2021

Pacem Kotchofa’s PPR research wins second place at World Food Forum’s Transformative Research Challenge

Pacem Kotchofa, a Beninese-born agricultural economist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who leads the socio-economic thematic group of the Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR GREN), was awarded second place at the World Food Forum’s...