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From framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes first scaling readiness analysis on livestock innovations

The Impact at Scale (I@S) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has published the ‘ Scaling Readiness report and scaling plan for training and certification approach for small-scale pig producers in Uganda. ’ This is the first of a series of Scaling Readiness reports and...

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Moving science events online in a lockdown Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Facing pandemic lockdowns, CGIAR scientists have moved many activities online, including the meetings and workshops that drive much research. In this blog post, communicators from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) share insights and lessons they have learned from holding...

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New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe

Cattle at a livestock market in Ukambani, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). A new European Union-funded ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe’ (LIPS-Zim) project is working to increase agricultural productivity in the country’s agro-ecological Zones IV and V. It is promoting the...

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ILRI adopts new framework for scaling up livestock research for development

Farmers in developing countries benefit from ILRI’s research outputs that are taken to scale (photo credit: ILRI). The core business of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is to undertake livestock research for development. However, ILRI, along with other CGIAR centres and...

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Scaling better and faster: towards a new framework for international livestock research

By Saba Ermyas Farmers benefit from ILRI Impact at Scale projects (photo credit: ILRI). Have you heard the saying ‘pilots never fail, pilots never scale’? Unfortunately, research shows that this saying is true most of the time because few pilot projects successfully scale up to sustainable and long...

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US ambassador to Mali visits communities in Sikasso region supported by an ILRI-led livestock technology scaling project

Written by Assoumane Maiga Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talking to Dennis Haskins, US Ambassador to Mali (in dark jacket) and his delegation about business and job opportunities created by the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (photo credit: ILRI/Amadou Nouh Saw). On 25 July...

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United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience

Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of agriculture, Moulaye Ahmed Boubacar (right), and the US ambassador to Mali, Dennis Hankins, about the several ways that women have benefitted from the Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling...

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Shaping the future of livestock in Kenya

Participants of the national multi-stakeholder consultation in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/ Wilson Maina). Multiple stakeholders drawn from Kenya’s public and private sectors, academia, research, donors, non-governmental organizations, social movements and community-based organizations as well as...

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African Development Bank-supported livestock team and Nigerian agricultural lending agency to scale up proven animal production technologies

By Adeniyi Adediran, TAAT livestock compact coordinator in Nigeria. Edited by Paul Karaimu. Launched in 2018 to support the Feed Africa Strategy of the African Development Bank, the ‘Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation’ ( TAAT ) initiative aims to increase food production in the...

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Research spurs increases in milk production, productivity and sale in Ethiopia

Livestock play a crucial role in national development in Ethiopia, accounting for 40% of agricultural gross domestic product. With one of the largest dairy cow populations in Africa at 10 million, Ethiopia produces nearly 3 billion litres of milk a year. Rapidly rising incomes have increased demand...

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Dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in India

Dairy farming is one of the most important sources of income and nutrition for rural communities in India. Dairy enterprises not only feed rural communities, they also supply milk to urban centres providing high quality protein and other essential nutrients to the population. Driven by rising...

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