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ILRI News on small ruminants

27 Nov 2020

‘Livestock master plan’ launched to transform meat, milk and poultry production in The Gambia

Goats in a West African village (photo credit: ILRI). Farming dominates the economy of The Gambia, a small, narrow West African country (the smallest country in mainland Africa, which is less than 50 km wide at its widest point). Surrounded on three sides by Senegal, the country has an Atlantic...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

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 News

14 Oct 2020

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot

Written by Zoë Campbell Contents of the peste des petits ruminants virus antigen rapid test kit [ID Rapid® PPR Antigen, IDVet, France] (photo credit: ILRI/Bryony Anne Jones). In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, supplies can cross international borders, but the same is not always true for...

Zoë CampbellPostdoctoral fellow, Gender

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Publications on small ruminants

Report

Published2021

Training of trainers in community-based breeding program for small ruminants in pastoral communities of Kenya, October–November 2020: Livestock Genetics Flagship activity report

Presentation

Published2020

Production and delivery of thermotolerant vaccine against peste des petits ruminants in the Sahel: Case of a successful public-private partnership in Mali

Journal Article

Published2021

Calculation of new enteric methane emission factors for small ruminants in western Kenya highlights the heterogeneity of smallholder production systems

Report

Published2021

Epidemiology and Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in East and West Africa (ECo-PPR)―Building capacity of African researchers on epidemiology and socio-economic impacts of PPR: ECo-PPR toolbox training report

Journal Article

Published2021

Towards objective measurement of reproductive performance of traditionally managed goat flocks in the drylands of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2020

Effects of ensiling cassava peels on some fermentation characteristics and growth performance of sheep on-farm

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small ruminants

ILRI News on small ruminants

‘Livestock master plan’ launched to transform meat, milk and poultry production in The Gambia

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

Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot

Publications on small ruminants

Training of trainers in community-based breeding program for small ruminants in pastoral communities of Kenya, October–November 2020: Livestock Genetics Flagship activity report

Production and delivery of thermotolerant vaccine against peste des petits ruminants in the Sahel: Case of a successful public-private partnership in Mali

Calculation of new enteric methane emission factors for small ruminants in western Kenya highlights the heterogeneity of smallholder production systems

Epidemiology and Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in East and West Africa (ECo-PPR)―Building capacity of African researchers on epidemiology and socio-economic impacts of PPR: ECo-PPR toolbox training report

Towards objective measurement of reproductive performance of traditionally managed goat flocks in the drylands of Ethiopia

Effects of ensiling cassava peels on some fermentation characteristics and growth performance of sheep on-farm

ILRI Projects on small ruminants

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR): developing a pan African strategy for disease control