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Sustainable livestock systems

Changing landscapes call for new pathways in livestock development in Ethiopia’s Afar region

Livestock production is the main source of livelihood in the pastoral lands of Afar in northeastern Ethiopia. But the traditional livestock-keeping way of life there has been severely affected by a number of factors, including climate change, in recent years. Rainfall has become unpredictable, and...

Sustainable livestock systems

Role of pastoralist social networks in coping with crises: lessons from food aid interventions in Ethiopia

Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets. For many humanitarian and development actors, a household is presumed to represent the most appropriate social unit for aid delivery. However, pastoralist family groupings are far more complex...

Sustainable livestock systems

Healthy rangelands, healthy livestock and healthy people: A fully integrated One Health approach in pastoral Ethiopia

Originally published on Agrilinks . In recent years in the pastoral areas of developing countries, One Health is gaining increasing credibility and visibility as an approach that can combine interventions for both human and animals. Read this post on how the International Livestock Research...

Sustainable livestock systems

Highlights of ILRI’s and other Rangelands Initiative partners’ engagement at the 46th Committee on Food Security

Originally published on the IFAD social reporting blog . The Committee on Food Security (CFS) of the Food and Agricultural The Committee on Food Security (CFS) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) meets on an annual basis at FAO headquarters in Rome. The CFS is the...

Sustainable livestock systems

Participatory management strengthens governance, management and productivity of rangelands

Written by Fiona Flintan Participatory rangeland management (PRM) strengthens local governance institutions, the management of rangeland resources, and improves rangeland productivity. This was the conclusion of a three-year study reviewing the application and impacts of PRM in Ethiopia over the...

ILRI News

In Mali, an old vaccine can be a new way to fight poverty

Fishermen and Sahelian goats by the Niger River, in Segou, Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Scientists working at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have found a way to significantly increase the vaccination coverage of goats and sheep in the Sahel against one of the most...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

CIAT livestock scientist Jacobo Arango receives top Japan agricultural research prize

Jacobo Arango (front row, third from left) with officials and fellow awardees at the awards ceremony for the 2019 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers in Ibaraki, Japan. Photo CIAT Colombian environmental biologist, Jacobo Arango, of the International Center for Tropical...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Rangelands and drylands go global at the Global Landscapes Forum

Mary Letirok, a pastoralist from Oldonyiro, Kenya, describes a changing landscape threatens her livelihood. She calls for urgent landscape restoration to bring back the rain and vegetation her community’s livestock need to survive. Rangelands and drylands, together with the people whose lives and...

ILRI News

New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019

This blog was initially published on the International Land Coalition website by Fiona Flintan. The Rangelands Initiative of the International Land Coalition (ILC) is drawing attention to rangelands and drylands at the highest levels, in order to find solutions to the challenges faced by local...

Sustainable livestock systems

ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography

This blog was written by Vincent Alulu and edited by Paul Karaimu and Judy Kimani. Have you heard that one must be literate to use the many data collection tools and applications that exist today? That the end user must be at least semi-literate to use such applications to monitor nutrition, and...

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Deadline for submitting abstracts for the Joint International Grassland/Rangeland Congress extended to 23 Dec 2019

The deadline for submissions for papers and posters for the Joint International Grassland and International Rangeland Congress, to be held 24–30 Oct 2020, in Nairobi, Kenya, has been extended to 23rd December 2019. Submit your abstracts for posters and oral presentations and proposals for...

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#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta Patel & Susan MacMillan One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment. —...