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Africa RISING feed

Quality barley seeds and linkages with breweries unlock better incomes for Ethiopian farmers

Assefa Negash, a farmer and secretary of the Bekume Oyora Seeds Growers’ Cooperative has long faced difficulties in getting high-quality malt barley seeds. He cultivates the crop jointly with members of his cooperative group on a 3.3-hectare piece of land in Goba District of the Bale zone in...

  • Haimanot Seifu
Africa RISING feed

Bridging the livestock feed gap through improved feed and forage options

Ethiopia is known for its large livestock population. The livestock sector in Ethiopia contributes about 46% of the country’s agricultural GDP. Livestock is primarily kept on smallholdings where it provides draught power for crop production, manure for soil fertility and fuel, and serves as a...

  • Haimanot Seifu
AgHealth blog

CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Ethiopia discuss new One Health initiative

The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR , is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The research initiatives are designed to create lasting impact in five key areas:...

Africa RISING feed

Ethiopia partners apply digital solutions in on-farm experiments

Training participants group photo (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu) . The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands held training sessions for project site coordinators, extension experts, development agents and data enumerators from 7–8 June 2021. Close to 20 participants from project...

  • Haimanot Seifu
Africa RISING feed

Africa RISING publishes a livestock feed and forage production manual for Ethiopia

A farmer in his fodder beet farm in Embahasti (photo credit: Apollo Habtamu/ILRI). Livestock plays a major role in the livelihoods of pastoralists and smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. They are a source of food (animal protein) for most families in the country and also support crop production...

  • Haimanot Seifu
ILRI News

Towards clearer One Health policies in eastern Africa: Interview with HEAL Project interim regional manager

In November 2020, Zuleka Ismail joined the One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL) Project as interim regional manager. Zuleka brings more than seven years of experience in managing and monitoring public health and veterinary programs in pastoralist systems to the table...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

ILRI reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on women leaders in marking the IWD 2021

A woman milks one of her goats in Ségou District, Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Valentin Bognan Koné). In low- and middle-income countries women form the largest proportion of the poor livestock farming workforce, constitute less than 19% of the agricultural holders, and receive 5% of all agricultural...

ILRI News

ILRI Impact at Scale program shares insights on scaling tools and practices with CGIAR science leaders

This post was written by Murat Sartas and Saba Ermyas, and edited by Paul Karaimu. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Impact at Scale (I@S) program recently share examples for identifying, analysing and integrating scaling tools into agricultural research for development programs...

ILRI News

ILRI Impact at Scale program shares insights on scaling tools and practices with CGIAR science leaders and GIZ scaling experts

This post was written by Murat Sartas and Saba Ermyas, and edited by Paul Karaimu. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Impact at Scale (I@S) program recently share examples for identifying, analysing and integrating scaling tools into agricultural research for development programs...

ILRI News

Updated CGIAR feed database provides best-cost livestock feed rations for sub-Saharan Africa

Fifty three new accessions of Napier grass received at Forage Genebank, ILRI, Addis Ababa from EMBRAPA, Br azil (photo credit: ILRI) An updated CGIAR livestock feeds database for sub-Saharan Africa is now available. Containing the nutritive values of over 44,000 forage and fodder samples, the...

AgHealth blog

Community-based training on milk hygiene improves knowledge, attitudes and practices of women pastoralists in Borana, Ethiopia

Milk and milk products are essential in the diets of the Borana pastoral community in Ethiopia. However, traditional handling and processing of dairy products using basic equipment and infrastructure coupled with a preference for raw milk consumption pose potential health risks to consumers. A new...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Using the livestock master plan process to boost investment in livestock development

A pastoralist takes her livestock to a communally managed water point in Garba Tulla, Isiolo county, northern Kenya (photo Credit:ILRI/Fiona Flintan) . The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the French Agricultural...