pastoralism

Initially intended only as insurance against the death of livestock, the insurance scheme has evolved into a product to help pastoralists keep...

A recent study by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners has identified that the principles of...

A new International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) project, Partnerships for Improving Pastoral Policies (PIPP), is...

A new research paper, Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya, was recently...

Non-destructive, accurate, and more rapid alternatives of measuring canopy cover are urgently needed. One potential alternative, developed by...

On 30 May 2017, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Livestock Research...

ILRI's Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) program and Takaful Insurance of Africa are this year’s winners of the prestigious Insurance...

Through the 3-tier model, a network of trained community diseases reporters accessible at the village level has been created. Trained to be the...

The following policy recommendations build on the main findings of the CFS High Level Panel of Expert’s Jul 2016 report #10, on Sustainable...

The following excerpts of an opinion piece were written by ILRI's Andrew Mude and originally published by The Standard newspaper (Kenya):...

Together with its partners, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has now taken its research agenda on adaptation and resilience a...

ILRI and TechnoServe jointly convened a stakeholders’ workshop to deliberate on how best to achieve sustainable livestock services in extensive...

There is inadequate herd and community level information on the impact of CBPP and its control by vaccination to allow adequate allocation of...

A new grant funds a project, recently launched by UC Davis researchers in northern Kenya, that will use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate...

Widespread drought conditions in the Horn of Africa have intensified since the failure of the Oct–Dec 2016 rains. Areas of greatest concern cover...

A group of scientists led by Dr Joseph Ogutu say Kenya risks losing 18 animal and bird species due to negligence. They include warthogs, lesser...

More than Ksh214 million is on tap for 12,000 pastoral households in six counties of northern Kenya through innovative policies that use satellite...

In 2015–2016, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners revealed extraordinary findings that the greenhouse gas (GHG)...