small ruminants

ILRI News on small ruminants

05 Dec 2022

Working towards sustainable livestock systems - a focus on three CGIAR initiatives at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum

Sustainable livestock systems are crucial for supporting livelihoods and nutrition in the Global South, but face pressing climate-related challenges. Adapting these systems will ensure that the economic, social and environmental integrity of livestock-rearing communities is preserved. Working...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

01 Aug 2022

Implications of a gendered approach in improving small ruminant productivity

Understanding gender dynamics is important for informing interventions that seek to improve sheep and goat productivity. Ensuring that small ruminant improvement practices are not only relevant but well-matched with the preferences of men and women farmers is more likely to improve the adoption of...

Judy KimaniCommunications Specialist

ILRI News

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

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Publications on small ruminants

Journal Article

Published2022

Serological evidence of caprine arthritis encephalitis in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: Clinical case analysis

Journal Article

Published2022

Reproductive and productive performance of Doyogena sheep managed under a community-based breeding program in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2022

Population, biomass, and economic value of small ruminants in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2022

Optimization of alternative breeding schemes for the genetic improvement of common Tigray highland sheep in northern Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2022

Environment suitability mapping of livestock: A case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats

Presentation

Published2022

Longitudinal study of small ruminant zoonoses in Tana River, Kenya

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ILRI Projects on small ruminants

Jul 2021Jun 2023

Local governance of natural resources for community stabilization in Central Mali (Kedo Diren)

Mali's Mopti region is endowed with immense water and land resources generating for livelihoods for millions of families. The availability of these resources made the region an ideal environment for a thriving ruminant livestock farming. However, the region has recently been the scene of violent...

small ruminants

ILRI News on small ruminants

Working towards sustainable livestock systems - a focus on three CGIAR initiatives at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum

Implications of a gendered approach in improving small ruminant productivity

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

Publications on small ruminants

Serological evidence of caprine arthritis encephalitis in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: Clinical case analysis

Reproductive and productive performance of Doyogena sheep managed under a community-based breeding program in Ethiopia

Population, biomass, and economic value of small ruminants in Ethiopia

Optimization of alternative breeding schemes for the genetic improvement of common Tigray highland sheep in northern Ethiopia

Environment suitability mapping of livestock: A case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats

Longitudinal study of small ruminant zoonoses in Tana River, Kenya

ILRI Projects on small ruminants

Local governance of natural resources for community stabilization in Central Mali (Kedo Diren)

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