Tanzania Livestock Master Plan (LMP)

The project is expected to run for 14 months and provide training and technical backstopping to livestock experts and planning staff of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Department;  resulting in a realistic, fact-based medium term Livestock Master Plan (LMP) that will guide policy...

Evaluation of breed composition, productivity and fitness of smallholder dairy cattle

Feed the Future innovation lab on small-scale irrigation

Agricultural policy analysis and coordination in Tanzania

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa is supporting Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives to establish a Platform for Agricultural Policy Analysis and Coordination in Tanzania to achieve better coordination and...

African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG)

African Chicken Genetic Gains is an Africa-wide collaboration led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In November 2014, ILRI and partners initiated this new collaboration to provide better chickens to smallholder farmers in Africa. Part of the wider ‘LiveGene‘ initiative, ACGG...

Fodder and feed as a key opportunity for driving sustainable intensification of crop livestock systems in Tanzania

More milk by and for the poor: adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor smallholder value chains in Tanzania

The project aims to improve rural based livelihoods through milk. Preliminary findings indicate that resource poor small holder farmers have very low access to adequate feeding, breeding, animal health and credit services. Only 4% of poor livestock keepers currently have access to credit and only 1...

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Serengeti-Mara region, East Africa: Drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies (AfricanBioServices)

Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity and in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall. Africa harbours the fastest growing human population in the world and the pressure on natural resources in the Serengeti-Mara...

African Dairy Genetic Gains

The ADDG project is in its second phase after a successful first phase and an extension period. The second phase of the project is integrated in the Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) CGIAR research initiative. This second phase has expanded...

Identifying, testing and scaling small-scale irrigation options for enhanced livestock feed production

Description Small-scale irrigation is a promising route to dealing with uncertain and poorly distributed rainfall that is an inherent characteristic of farming systems across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. SSI has potential to intensify production and reduce risk thereby allowing farmers the...

Molecular epidemiology network for promotion and support of delivery of life vaccines against Theileria parva and Theileria annulata infection in Eastern and Northern Africa

The general objective of the project is to ensure food security and to improve food safety by developing new and improving existing vaccination against bovine theileriosis caused by T. annulata and T. parva . The anticipated project aims to contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing farmers’...

mNutrition project: Improved nutrition for the poor as a result of behaviour change promoted by accessible mobile-based services delivered at scale through sustainable business models

This project aims to improve the nutritional status of more than three million people in Africa and South Asia, primarily women and children, by helping them to access nutrition-based agricultural and health information using mobile technology. ILRI is part of a consortium appointed as the global...