A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. Kenya’s agriculture ministry is pushing for a Sh6 billion budget to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a deadly animal viral disease ravaging 23 arid and semi-arid … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. Rotterdam will soon house the world’s first floating dairy farm, a multilevel, hi-tech home to 40 Meuse Rhine Issel cows, and perhaps the world’s most expensive bovine … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. These bubble maps of Europe’s livestock populations, The Herds of Europe, show how elegant good design can be, no matter the subject. The creator is Marten Lambrechts, … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. First, this cool graphic, a random find on Reddit: Population density of the 1.4 billion cows of the world per square kilometer. The Thomson Reuters Foundation has … Continue reading
Thursday Links A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, by David Aronson. Tanzania now boasts the second-largest cattle herds in Africa, behind only Ethiopia, says the Tanzania Bureau of Statistics. Their number apparently climbed to 30.5 million in … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid, and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff. Continue reading
This is the first newsletter on ILRI activities in East and Southeast Asia. It is prepared by Steve Staal, ILRI regional representative based in the Philippines. ILRI’s activities and team in East and Southeast Asia have been expanding in recent months, in part due to the renewed commitment to the region made during the visit … Continue reading
Each day, ILRI generates new research products, posters, presentations, and news items; we hold meetings and post photos. We know it can be challenging to keep up with it all. To keep staff updated on the current happenings within and outside the institute ,this month, we produced the first issue of a monthly Livestock Matter(s), … Continue reading
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