Mixed crop-and-livestock farmers can feed the growing world
Mixed crop-and-livestock farms will, more than the traditional breadbaskets and rice bowls of the past, feed the developing world over the next few decades
Mixed crop-and-livestock farms will, more than the traditional breadbaskets and rice bowls of the past, feed the developing world over the next few decades
Expert opinion agrees that the best way to tap into the potential of the drylands is to build on the foundation of their livestock economies rather than ignoring them or seeking to replace them.
Human, livestock and environmental health are inextricably linked, Sixty-one per cent of all diseases are ‘zoonotic’ –that is, transmissible between animals and humans.
For people living in absolute poverty and chronic hunger, the solution is not to rid the world of livestock, but to find ways to farm animals more efficiently and more sustainably
Message from Jimmy Smith: It is traditional to mark the arrival of a new year on 1 January. This year, I am pleased to recognize ILRI’s strong connections with Ethiopia and to wish you all Melkam Addis Amet! 11 September (Meskerem 1 in the Ethiopian calendar) marks the start of the new year 2006 in … Continue reading
ILRI staff are very productive – they produce many sorts of knowledge and publish it in many forms and places. It can sometimes be a challenge to find and track it. From 17-20 September, join one of 4 learning and awareness sessions in the Nairobi InfoCenter. Come and learn about the ‘big 5’ ILRI knowledge … Continue reading
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
On 16 August the State Minister for Livestock Resources Development, HE Dr Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes visited ILRI with Dr Bewket Siraw ( Head, Animal Health Directorate) and Ato Tadesse Sori (Head, Animal Production and Feed Directorate). He met several members of the Institute Management Committee, including Jimmy Smith and senor members of ILRI in Addis. We … Continue reading
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
I recently made my first visit to Pakistan in over 9 years. I worked on a project in Pakistan over 10 years ago, before I joined ILRI. We now have a new project, funded by USAID ($30M over 4 years), led by CIMMYT working with IRRI, AVRDC, University of California, Davis and ICARDA which involves … Continue reading
Generated from Mahider – ILRI’s institutional repository. If your article is missing, please send the info to Abeba Desta (a.desta@cgiar.org) Citation Mahider link Journal title Alvarez, S., Rufino, M.C., Vayssieres, J., Salgado, P., Tittonell, P., Tillard, E. and Bocquier, F. 2013. Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An … Continue reading
Ephrem Tesema has been appointed as a Gender Expert in Livestock and Irrigation Value-Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project effective 1 January 2013. Ephrem holds PHD in Social Anthropology from University of Basel, MA & BA degree in Social Anthropology and Foreign Language and Literature from Addis Ababa University. Before Joining as a regular staff … Continue reading
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading