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Jimmy Smith, director general at the International Livestock Research Institute and champion of sustainable livestock, set to retire

Jimmy W. Smith, the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), is set to retire at the end of this month, after an 11-year tenure at ILRI marked by steady growth, scientific breakthroughs, and beneficial partnerships with a wide array of governmental and non-...

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ILRI research on zoonosis, food safety and antimicrobial resistance highlighted at the 2022 Global ODA Forum

Food safety, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and animal health research findings by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and partners were presented at the 2022 Global ODA Forum for Sustainable Agricultural Development held 21–22 November 2022 in Seoul, South...

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Vietnam to enhance agricultural innovation in fight against climate change

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and CGIAR co-hosted a forum dubbed ‘Research and innovation for enhanced environmental sustainability, low-emission agriculture, climate change adaptation and mitigation’ at Pan Pacific Hotel in Hanoi on 28 November 2022. The event...

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‘We are more alike than different’: Meet three youth pastoralist participants from the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth consultation

With the United Nations’ declaration of 2026 as the Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists , the Livestock and Climate Initiative of the CGIAR is supporting a series of consultations in the coming years with pastoralist youth across the world. Youth can play a key role in strengthening and adapting...

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Media clippings: Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture – CGIAR forum on research and innovation for low emission agriculture and climate change adaptation and mitigation

Phung Duc Tien, vice minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam makes an opening remark at the forum (photo credit: ILRI/Chi Nguyen). Clippings of key national print and online newspapers on the forum on ‘Research and innovation for enhanced environmental sustainability, low-emission...

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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on bringing science-based nuance and clarity to today’s polarized livestock debates

In the face of increasingly polarized discourse about the place of livestock in sustainable food systems, Jimmy Smith , director general of the CGIAR 's International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), delivered a keynote presentation at this year’s TropAg conference in Brisbane (31 Oct–2 Nov...

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Looking into Pastoralism's Future: Youth lead the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth Consultation

There was a buzz in the meeting hall at the University of Lukenya in Makueni County, about 5 hours’ drive south from Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Twenty-eight young pastoralists of ages 18 to 35 from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania had gathered for three days in September 2022. Their mission was to...

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Pastoralist Robha Abekeri is at COP27 representing the voice of youth in charting pastoralism's future

In Ethiopia’s Afar region, where temperatures can reach up to 54 degrees Celsius at the peak of the hot season, pastoralism is the primary source of livelihood for the people there. They have adapted to the harsh climate and are extremely knowledgeable on the weather patterns, animal land capacity...

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Cambodia taskforce scales up activities in line with country’s new food safety law

A taskforce of food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) recently met in Phnom Penh to explore ways to facilitate collaboration between the authorities and researchers in Cambodia for safer food in the country...

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Addressing zoonotic diseases: The need to plan

On October 13, Hung Nguyen , co-leader of ILRI’s animal and human health program, spoke at a PREZODE (Preventing Zoonotic Disease Emergence) conference side event of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 on the risks of zoonotic infectious diseases and how to address them. Nguyen’s presentation...

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ILRI’s focus on One Health in Global South brings broad-range of new investments

One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach for achieving optimal health outcomes by recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment. Building on 45 years of experience in animal health research in Africa and Asia, ILRI...

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The cow in the room: The roles milk, meat and eggs play in sustainable food systems transformation

Livestock play diverse and integral roles in African food systems, as well as being lifelines for African livelihoods, enabling people to adapt to climate change and possessing great cultural significance across the continent. The livestock perspective is very different in the Global North, where...