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
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Dear All, This is to let you know that tomorrow May 19, 2018 there will be asphalt maintenance work on selected high-traffic areas through asphalt surface treatment over the next month. The planned maintenance activity will be completed in three phases, and it will cover a total area of about 2,900 m2. The first phase … Continue reading
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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
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Please see the below call for expression of interests from USAID. This is in response to_BAA No. 7200AA18R00044 Nutrition– Innovations in Complex Environments. Note the deadline of 1 June 2018 and the following restrictions: EoI’s must be no longer than 2 pages in total pages Eligible countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda The full announcement … Continue reading
The highlight of the AVCD National Conference was the visit and address by the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, who emphasized how his government wants to use science to drive the growth of the agriculture sector. Congratulations to all who contributed to this great event. Continue reading
The HUC Transboundary Rivers of Asia (TROSA) Water Research Grant, is a joint call for proposals issued by ICIMOD’s Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Initiative and Oxfam’s Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) project on transboundary water resources governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) and Salween basins. ICIMOD has partnered with Oxfam on the TROSA project under … Continue reading
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