Eastern and Southern Africa

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Eastern and Southern Africa

ILRI operates in East Africa with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This page brings together ILRI and partner resources on Eastern and Southern Africa. It shows information on projects, news items, research outputs and video materials as well as ILRI people working in the region.

ILRI Projects in Eastern and Southern Africa

Aug 2015Dec 2019

Zoonoses in livestock in Kenya

Continuing changes to livestock production systems in Kenya and elsewhere to satisfy increased demand for livestock products affect the risk of zoonoses and other infectious diseases. The most important changes are the commercialisation and intensification of what was previously subsistence farming...

Jan 2019Dec 2023

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...

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...

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ILRI News in Eastern and Southern Africa

ILRI News

17 Jun 2019

David Aronson

Advocating for livestock, say its supporters, requires stronger narratives as well as robust evidence

Mary Nzomo, the chair of Kenya’s Agriculture County Executive Committee Members Caucus, holding the microphone, flanked by Zena Habtewold Biru and Isabelle Baltenweck. (Photo credit: David Aronson/ILRI) The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and African Union Commission sponsored a...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

04 Apr 2019

Beamlak Tesfaye

Educational tours to ILRI poultry research facility inspire young students in Ethiopia

Students from Hillside School at the ILRI poultry research facility in Addis Ababa (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) project is now hosting educational tours for students at the poultry research...

ILRI clippings

19 Mar 2019

Paul Karaimu

Tanzania launches five-year livestock sector master plan

A dairy cow in Tanga, Tanzania. The Tanzania livestock master plan will guide investment to develop the country’s livestock sector (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). IPPmedia reported last week that the Tanzania government has launched a Tsh1.4 trillion (USD596 million) livestock master plan that...

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