animal breeding

Using what’s called the Livestock Sector Investment Policy Toolkit (LSIPT), we develop a dynamic herd model and an economic sector model on top of...

Farmers who participate in the breeding programs and collect routine data on their cows’ health, growth and productivity receive personalized...

Food systems must be transformed to produce more nutritious food with a lower environmental footprint. There are a number of initiatives around...

The sixth Ethiopia national innovation platform (IP) meeting took place in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) 15–16 May 2018. The meeting discussed the...

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018. To comply with this new regulation and ensure our...

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the 400 guests at the national conference of the Feed the Future Kenya Accelerating Value Chain...

The sixth national innovation platform (IP) meeting of the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program in Tanzania took place in Dar-es-Salaam on...

'The Incubated Worlds art exhibition clearly communicates the importance of poultry production, genetic diversity and the interdependence of...

In this video, interviewees share their vision of the 'Incubated Worlds' chicken facility launched recently on the Addis Ababa campus of the...

Twitter Moment highlights of the Accelerated Value Chain Development Conference at ILRI on 26–27 Apr 2018. ...

Twitter Moment highlights of 'Incubated Worlds', a unique art+poultry facility launched at ILRI's campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 26 Apr 2018...

ILRI and Flemish conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen joined forces last year to strengthen research into more resistant and productive poultry for...

Researchers in Ethiopia are embarking on a quest to create the perfect chicken for African farmers with an unlikely ally—a Belgian conceptual...

Art and science unite to serve Ethiopian farmers—'Incubated Worlds' explores genetic diversity of poultry to  boost nutrition and incomes....

A new livestock sector analysis from the Ethiopia's Livestock State Ministry (LSM) and Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF) and the...

On 26 April 2018, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partner scientists and government officials join forces with Belgian...

The African Chicken Genetic Gains Project in Nigeria (ACGG Nigeria) engaged livestock stakeholders, farmers and researchers in Imo State during a...

According to Reuters, the Gates Foundation will pump $40m into research for higher-yielding dairy cows, as well as chickens that lay better...