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Tanzania’s livestock sector stakeholders define entry points for improving herd health services

Traditional extension messaging often lacks effective herd health management approaches to address animal health and production challenges that go beyond individual livestock diseases and therapy. A herd health approach embraces more holistic, preventive and context-specific herd management...

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Forging partnerships to improve climate agro-advisory services for Kenya’s farmers

Weather forecasting and reliable agricultural advisory services are an important part of rainfed agricultural systems, especially in developing economies. Increased weather variability and rising temperatures as a result of climate change are generating greater demand by farmers for better and more...

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Zimbabwe livestock improvement project showcases ongoing work and partnership with government

The ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)’ project recently showcased its ongoing activities to government officials and partners in an event that also discussed ways of strengthening partnership with government departments, researchers and farmers in the country. A high-level...

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YPARD and ILRI join forces to provide on the job training for young professionals

Innovation and scaling are increasingly becoming key focus areas of CGIAR. Scaling connects CGIAR’s high-quality research and innovation for development activities with national and local governments, international development banks, national and global civil society organizations, impact investors...

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European Union invests in climate-smart innovations in livestock production

The European Union-funded, Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) Project was launched in Buhera District, Zimbabwe, on 5 March. The four-year EUR5 million project aims to contribute to the government of Zimbabwe’s agricultural transformation agenda by increasing the adoption of...

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Addressing Uganda’s pig value chain constraints, the PigSmart way

Improved pigs on a farm in Hoima district (photo: ILRI/Karen Marshall). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is implementing a Uganda priority country project to address specific constraints in the pig value chain. The ‘Improving pig productivity and incomes through an...

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Millions of new social groups are delivering better agricultural and land management

Etching by Clint Fulkerson. Millions of geographically based new social groups are leading to more sustainable agriculture A new paper in the scientific journal Global Sustainability presents some interesting findings on the rise over the past 20 years in social movements around sustainability...

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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...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling: part 3

This blog is the third and final of a three-part series on the system dynamics (SD) modelling technique and its use at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Today we speak with Jared Berends, a PhD student from Lincoln University who is researching pro-poor value chain upgrading...

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Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling: part II

This is the second in a series of three blog articles focusing on the system dynamics modelling technique. Today, we get insights and challenges of applying group model building in Bihar, Ind ia, from one of our partners, Gregory Cooper . Brief bio Gregory Cooper is a postdoctoral researcher on the...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling: part 2

This is the second in a series of three blog articles focusing on the system dynamics modelling technique and its use at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Today, we get insights and challenges of applying group model building in Bihar, Ind ia, from one of our partners, Gregory...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling

This blog is the first of a three-part series as Karl Rich, principal scientist in foresight modeling and policy at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), gives us insights revolving around the system dynamics modelling technique and its usage at ILRI. Explaining the research...