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International Livestock Research Institute

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Better lives through livestock

The International Livestock Research Institute is part of the CGIAR. We work with partners to help poor people keep their farm animals alive and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity and find profitable markets for their animal products. Visit our Research Groups :  Biotechnology • Markets, gender and livelihoods • People, livestock and the environment • Biosciences hub

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Developing a new strategy for ILRI – Your ideas needed

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Our latest outputs

  • Abstract submission template for PENAPH Technical Workshop, December 2012
  • Integrating improved goat breeds with new varieties of sweetpotatoes and cassava in the agro-pastoral systems of Tanzania: A gendered analysis
  • Costs of milk production in EADD hubs in East Africa
  • The relevance of content in ICT initiatives in Indian agriculture
  • The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants
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Our film and video

  • Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa
  • No one institution can do it alone—CGIAR centers join forces to sustain agricultural productivity
  • Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia—The Metema story
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ILRI in the media

  • Livestock bacteria are as old as the livestock they kill
  • IITA, ILRA plan increased collaboration for agricultural development
  • Kenya’s north – from aid basket to meat exporter?
  • Two research centers to jointly tackle African malnutrition
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Our projects

  • Safe Food, Fair Food 2: From capacity building to implementation
  • Improvement and diversification of Somalia Livestock Trade and Marketing
  • Livestock and Irrigation value-chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES)
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Livestock matters: Original news from ILRI

  • Developing a new strategy for ILRI – Your ideas needed
  • Animal plagues: ‘The lethal gift of livestock’
  • New markets book showcases livestock insurance scheme that is helping Kenyan herders protect their marketable assets
  • Five ways to enhance agricultural markets in hungry regions of East and West Africa
  • Why livestock: The big picture
  • Making Asian agriculture smarter
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News and discussions on our blogs

  • PENAPH first technical workshop for trainers, practitioners and stakeholders in Participatory Epidemiology (PE) and its applications in animal health, one health and ecohealth
  • Call for Abstracts: PENAPH Technical Workshop – Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 11-13, 2012
  • Livestock and Fish Program sets out 2012 plans for Vietnam
  • Improving forage-based feeding systems in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle
  • Market-oriented agricultural extension important for Ethiopia – ILRI tells BBC
  • Small milk producers, hawkers and service providers turn handsome profits as Kenya’s dairy sector continues to expand
  • Gender to be incorporated into Climate–Resilient Crop-Livestock Systems
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Livestock news

  • Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions
  • Animal health, food safety fuel collaboration on open access science forum
  • Zambia commends COMESA/AU support towards livestock and animal health
  • Ho Chi Minh City to invest in hi-tech livestock farming
  • Mozambique: U.S. partnership revives dairy industry
  • Milk hawker steals thunder from dairy farmers
  • Tetra Pak identifies 2.7 billion consumers as dairy industry's next big opportunity
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