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New research offers glimpse into the future of livestock-derived foods

A pork butcher in Uganda (photo credit: ILRI) How will the demand for livestock-derived foods (LDFs), i.e., meat, milk and eggs, evolve over the coming decades? What will these changes in demand mean for the future of LDF production and international trade? And what implications will all this have...

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How viable are schemes to give poor people making and selling ‘informal’ milk greater market access?

Artworks on this page: Various Jugs, by Katie Grobler. A new re port from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) reviews the effectiveness of training and certification schemes designed to give small-scale ‘...

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Food—a ‘hyper-local issue’—needs to keep MOVING, ‘from farm to fork’, says the World Bank’s Juergen Voegele

Pablo Picasso, The Soup, detail, 1902–1903. Keep food moving, from farm to fork, in a safe and affordable way. —Juergen Voegele On a recent World Bank ‘Voices’ blog, German agricultural economist Juergen Voegele , World Bank vice president for sustainable development, said that with the emptying of...

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On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—Economist

A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that the future of food lies in Africa. And why that’s a good thing. Read on to find out why. As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives ‘. . . Between 1961 and 2013...

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On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—The Economist

A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that the future of food lies in Africa. And why that’s a good thing. Read on to find out why. As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives ‘. . . Between 1961 and 2013...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

Business-to-business forums spur economic growth in northern Kenya

https://flic.kr/p/2cAx4GU Part of the traders participating in the B2Bs trading at the Isiolo market (photo credit: Judy Kimani/ ILRI) The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been partnering and collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID)...

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Northern Kenya-southern Ethiopia dryland livestock traders gathered in Marsabit for better livestock trade and market links

Livestock trade scene in Wajir, northern Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Riccardo Gangale). ‘Enthusiastic traders from several counties in northern Kenya and from across the border in Ethiopia joined a livestock trade facilitation forum in Marsabit, Kenya on May 9. By close of business, participating...

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Ethiopia sets out the futures for its growing poultry, dairy and meat subsectors

ILRI senior livestock adviser Barry Shapiro (photo credit: ILRI). A new livestock sector analysis from the Ethiopia’s Livestock State Ministry (LSM) and Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was recently published. This work was funded...

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New book chapter explores how trade liberalization affects nutrition and health

Locally made beef stew sold in Bagnon market at Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Informal food trade is less amenable to regulation and may be an important cause of foodborne disease (photo credit: ILRI/Valentin Bognan Koné). The World Health Organization last month (August 2015) published a book...