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Sustainable livestock systems

Eight years on: a summary of progress from the Sustainable Rangeland Management project

Conflicts among pastoralists, farmers and other land users are a major hindrance to food security and overall sustainable development for the communities in Tanzania’s Kiteto District. Over the years, the scramble for land and water resources has often led to serious conflicts between herders and...

Sustainable livestock systems

Joint village land use planning secures over 95,000 hectares of grazing lands for livestock keepers in Tanzania’s Kiteto District

The Tanzania Agricultural and Livestock Policy of 1997 identifies overstocking and overgrazing, as well as a lack of innovative options for meeting the needs of mobile and sedentary pastoralists as some of the major challenges facing the nation’s pastoralists. To date, these challenges affect the...

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Why cows are getting a bad rap in lab-grown meat debate

A small-scale production line of the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs and processing plant in Redwood City, California, US 6 Oct 2016 (photo credit: /Beck Diefenbach—S1BEUGSRCGAA). By Alison Van Eenennaam , University of California...

Sustainable livestock systems

Sustainable rangelands management comes to the fore at the Global Landscapes Forum

‘Momentum is building for promoting sustainable rangeland landscapes, and Africa is in the lead.’ This was the observation of Abdelkader Bensada, programme management officer for the United Nations Environment (UN Environment), at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) held 29–30 August 2018 in Nairobi...

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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung patches in developing countries are ‘likely highly overestimated’—New report

ILRI news Cattle herding in Kenya (photo credit: CCAFS/Cecilia Schubert). A new research paper published by scientists of the Mazingira Centre (‘mazingira’ means ‘environment’ in Swahili) of the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) reports evidence that greenhouse gas...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Traditional grazing-management practice makes an impact in southern Tunisia

[Written by Mouldi Gamoun, Jutta Werner, and Mounir Louhaichi, ICARDA] Degradation of rangelands is a major global concern, but land degradation processes in the rangelands are poorly understood. This lack of understanding has contributed to poorly-informed interventions and policies that have...

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When ‘Do no harm’ is harder than ‘doing good’

This drawing depicts a traditional ololili dry-season forage reserve maintained by Tanzania’s pastoral Maasai communities, with images of a Maasai kraal homestead (upper left) and communal herding (upper right) (illustration from Ch. 14 of A Different Kettle of Fish? Gender Integration in Livestock...

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Is promoting vegetarianism for all the world’s people a form of colonialism? just Euro-centric?

Livestock heading home in the evening after grazing in Afar, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Fiona Flintan). ‘The debate over whether a vegetarian diet is better for the planet is top of mind for many as news of water scarcity, climate change, and deforestation seem to worsen by the day. Sarah Taber,...

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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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Northern Kenya-southern Ethiopia dryland livestock traders gathered in Marsabit for better livestock trade and market links

Livestock trade scene in Wajir, northern Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Riccardo Gangale). ‘Enthusiastic traders from several counties in northern Kenya and from across the border in Ethiopia joined a livestock trade facilitation forum in Marsabit, Kenya on May 9. By close of business, participating...

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Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘the single biggest way’ to harm poor livestock herders

Pablo Picasso line drawings of a chicken, bull and camel. Below are excerpts of a response to a new livestock report made by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, a German veterinarian and researcher who is an expert on camels and camel herding societies, particularly the Raika camel herders of Rajasthan, India...

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ILRI and its partners celebrate World Milk Day at Tanzania’s first Livestock Expo and Milk Week

“World Milk Day 2018 celebrated at Tanzania’s first Livestock Expo” https://t.co/hLL2FksULb — Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) June 2, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js All photos by ILRI/David Aronson. For more images of the event, visit ILRI Flickr.