small ruminants

ILRI News on small ruminants

30 Sep 2019

Can the private sector deliver livestock vaccines in Kenya? Yes, they can.

A private service provider supported by ILRI AVCD LC, provides high quality veterinary inputs and services closer to the farmers in the ASALs (Photo credit: ILRI/ Haret Hambe). Livestock diseases and vectors are among the top constraints limiting productivity and development of the livestock...

AVCD program blog

30 Sep 2019

ILRI Communications

Can the private sector deliver livestock vaccines in Kenya? Yes, they can

A private service provider supported by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Accelerated Value Chains Development (AVCD) program’s livestock component, provides high-quality veterinary inputs and services to the farmers in Kenya’s arid areas (photo credit: ILRI/ Haret Hambe)...

ILRI News

27 Sep 2019

Susan MacMillan

‘Drylands and Rangelands: Harnessing Change’ at Global Landscapes Forum in New York

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is delighted to announce that a session devoted to drylands and rangelands is being incorporated in the agenda of a big event of the estimable Global Landscapes Forum, which is taking place all day tomorrow, in New York City. The theme of this...

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Publications on small ruminants

Journal Article

Published2019

Assessment of small ruminant welfare in Ethiopia–An abattoir-based study

Journal Article

Published2019

Genome-wide diversity and demographic dynamics of Cameroon goats and their divergence from east African, north African, and Asian conspecifics

Journal Article

Published2019

Risk factors for reproductive disorders and major infectious causes of abortion in sheep in the highlands of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2019

Genetic and economic evaluation of alternative breeding scenarios for community based productivity improvements of three indigenous goat breeds in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2019

Genetic diversity and matrilineal genetic origin of fat-rumped sheep in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2019

Growth performance of Boer goats and their F1 and F2 crosses and backcrosses with Central Highland goats in Ethiopia

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ILRI Projects on small ruminants

Jan 2016Dec 2019

Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS)

Aims to reduce ruminant livestock productivity gaps and increase the volume and value of ruminant livestock marketed and promoting the expansion of profitable livestock-based enterprises with a business model that stimulates commercial and institutional innovations, linking up producers with input...

Nov 2017Oct 2020

TAAT livestock compact

Livestock supports the livelihood of about 1.3 billion people in developing countries and contributes up to 30 per cent of the agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly through the provision of meat, milk, eggs, wool and hides and skins. Demand for...

Jan 2016Dec 2019

Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program

FTF-MLTS strives to reduce the productivity gaps and expand the volume and value of ruminant livestock produced and marketed by 61,000 households in 31 FTF focus communes in Sikasso, Mopti and Timbuktu. To achieve this, FTF-MLTS is promoting the wide-scale dissemination of productivity enhancing...

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