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A few engineering breakthroughs that could (literally) transform Africa’s dairy systems and food security

Antigen biosensor detector on a UV LASER ablated gold coated glass plate (Photo credit: Flickr/Clive Boyd) This article has been written by Steve Kemp In the next 30 years, the world population is expected to reach 10 billion. A big question is if we can feed this many people sustainably. A short...

Sustainable livestock systems

Adapting the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey in Uganda: insights from the field

Originally published on the RHoMIS blog . ‘I’ve worked with the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for over a year now, built close to thirty applications, and worked with research teams in over twenty countries. Yet my trip to Uganda last week was my inaugural experience with applying...

Sustainable livestock systems

Data collection experience with RHoMIS in the Comoros Islands

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog Dahari is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in the Comoros Islands, whose aim is to shape sustainable and productive landscapes with Comorian communities. This local NGO contacted the Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) team in order...

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Women in Data Science conference to be held at ILRI’s Nairobi campus on 8 Mar 2019

Women in Data Science conference International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya, 8 Mar 2019 Women in Data Science (WiDS) is an event organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-ILRI Hub (BecA-ILRI Hub) to...

Sustainable livestock systems

Addressing the misrepresentation of rural household data for informed decision-making

Originally posted on RHoMIS blog Each entry in the Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) database provides a small insight into the life of a rural household. Research teams go to great lengths to make these snapshots in time as true to life as possible. We design the study – ‘...

Sustainable livestock systems

The Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) database hits 21K milestone

Originally posted on Rhomis blog As 2018 turned into 2019, the Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) servers continued to spin and process data from rural households around the world. We are excited to announce that on Wednesday 9 January, the total number of households in the RHoMIS...

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Sustainable livestock goes digital

Written by Shirley Tarawali A workshop on ‘Sustainable livestock goes digital’ was held on 17 January at the GFFA 2019 (photo credit: BMEL/photothek.net). On Thursday 17 January 2019, the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the...

ILRI Asia blog

Urgent action needed to close the ‘livestock data gap’ to address poverty and food insecurity

Missing or poor livestock data limits development opportunities, according to a community of experts who are joining forces to confront the challenge. 28 November 2018 – HANOI: Better data is urgently needed for improving livestock health and productivity in Vietnam and the rest of the world,...

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Join online: LD4D meeting, 28-30 November

Livestock Data for Decisions We want to include YOU, a valued member of the livestock data community, in the upcoming LD4D Community of Practice meeting . The meeting takes placefrom 28-30 November in Hanoi, Vietnam, and will be streamed live online. View original post 202 more words

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On the road to salvaging livestock market data: Digitizing livestock market data from Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions

By Kevin Kidimu, Research Associate, International Livestock Research Institute Since independence, Kenya has grappled with collection of livestock market data. The livestock production department was established in 1987 and since then, the ministries of agriculture and livestock have been split...

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An animal data safari at the 2018 CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Convention

Last week, on 4 October – World Animal Day – ILRI’s Peter Ballantyne coordinated an interactive ‘mini-safari’ at the Big Data in Agriculture 2018 convention to showcase and demonstrate data-driven opportunities for and from livestock and fish ecosystems. Comprising a mix of displays, stands, live...

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Livestock fact check – what’s behind the data behind facts on livestock development?

There are many opinions about the merits and risks of livestock keeping. Livestock provide livelihoods and jobs for millions of people, they provide essential nutrients in human diets, they act as mobile assets for poor people, and they drive economic growth and development. They also carry...

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