In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock are the backbone of smallholder farming. Far from just being a source of food, cattle are ...

Ethiopia’s livestock and fisheries sub-sectors represent some of the most promising, yet underutilized, engines of economic growth in the country. With the largest livestock population in Africa ...

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) today announced it is joining a new USD 27.4 million global initiative to reduce methane emissions from livestock by harnessing natural variation ...

At the end of 2006, heavy rains battered East Africa, causing massive flooding. In the murky floodwaters, millions of mosquitos hatched—and hiding dormant in their eggs was the devastating Rift Valley ...

Across low- and middle-income countries, animal-sourced foods are a nutritional foundation. Meat, milk, and eggs deliver protein, micronutrients, and calories that are difficult to replace, ...

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We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

The projects aims to develop, promote and test women-led chicken businesses in Ethiopia and Tanzania with the goal of promoting the economic empowerment of young women, and also of improving the food ...

Ruminant livestock eat and digest plants, producing meat and milk which are invaluable for the nutrition and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. But there is a considerable gap in ...

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are working together to develop forages to improve the genetic potential of livestock animals in sub-Saharan ...

Edward H. Cabezas Garcia received a PhD degree in Animal Nutrition and Management from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in 2017. After completing his PhD, he has held two post-doc ...

African Chicken Genetic Gains is an Africa-wide collaboration led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In November 2014, ILRI and partners initiated this new collaboration to ...