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One-size-fits-all ‘livestock less’ measures will not serve some one billion smallholder livestock farmers and herders

Smallholder dairying in Kenya (photo credit: Accelerated Value Chain Development/Sophie Mbugua). ‘Once again, the debate on sustainable diets and in particular on (not) eating animal-derived products is resurfacing in the media, as illustrated most recently by an article in The Guardian. The paper...

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DNA sequencing of indigenous African cattle reveals vital clues to increasing productivity

Since their introduction to Africa thousands of years ago from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, cattle breeds have gradually adapted to cope with hugely varying environments, from the Sahelian desert to the subhumid tropical forests. These cattle are important sources of meat, milk,...

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A better way for vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters and livestock herders alike—By ecologist Ian Scoones

Goat herds returning home at sunset in Namunyak Conservancy of the Northern Rangelands Trust. Kenya’s exceptional biological riches lure visitors from around the world, making wildlife tourism one of the top two earners of foreign exchange. USAID/Kenya support ensures that wildlife, livestock, and...

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Art and science bring poultry genetics to life in Ethiopia while celebrating local diversity in all its forms

The new facility, lit up at night, on ILRI’s campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Koen Vanmechelen). Art and science unite to serve Ethiopian farmers— ‘Incubated Worlds’ explores genetic diversity of poultry to boost nutrition and incomes Ethiopia joins forces with the International...

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Earth Day, Animal Day

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Mobile pastoralism—A 10,000-year-old practice still robust, if threatened, in the Mediterranean today

A Spanish shepherd and his flock (photo via Flickr/Jeromy Johnson). From the Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture ‘Mobile pastoralism is the movement of people and livestock through the landscape in search of water and pasture, and includes different practices such as transhumance, semi-...

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Study explores effect of land use and biodiversity changes on risk of zoonoses in Tana River County, Kenya

Orma Boran cattle crossing a river in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Rosemary Dolan). The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is a research program that works to understand the relationships between ecosystems, zoonotic diseases, health and wellbeing in order to inform effective public...