Assessing competitiveness of smallholder pig farming in the changing landscape of northwest Vietnam

Fodder markets in East Java: Identifying interventions to improve market performance and quality

Identification and implementation support of mitigation priorities and opportunities in rice-dominated landscapes

Research questions What is the net GHG balance for agriculture across Vietnam and where are emissions hotspots? What is the potential for mitigation, and where are the mitigation hotspots for rice landscapes? How do mitigation priorities and opportunities differ across farmscapes (e.g. Mekong delta...

Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos (Pestforecast)

A warmer, wetter world is likely to be sicker. The Mekong is a hotspot for human, animal and plant disease, and some of the most important are highly sensitive to climate and climate changes. These diseases impose enormous burdens on human health and the agricultural sector and hinder broader...

Joint laboratory on livestock and forage genetic resources

In 2004, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and ILRI established a joint laboratory in Beijing. The laboratory is a platform to implement joint research projects of common interest in the area of livestock and forage diversity, share technical expertise, conduct joint national or...

Managing risk in emerging pork markets: an international South-South symposium

The workshop, organized by the International Livestock Research Institute in conjunction with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, saw government ministry representatives, scientists and specialists in pig health, animal health, public health, economics and ecology,...

Reducing disease risks and improving food safety in smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam

A previous project in Vietnam ( Improving the competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam market ) comprehensively characterized the smallholder pig sector; that project found that pork comprises three-quarters of meat consumed and is supplied mainly by smallholders, mostly women; pork...

Evaluating and Enhancing the Impacts of Agricultural Development Programming on Gender Inequalities, Asset Disparities, and Rural Livelihoods

Project Objectives The overall objective of this grant is to understand the impact of agricultural development activities on women’s and men’s access to and control over assets and to identify the best approaches for designing and implementing projects that reduce gender asset disparities.

Operational research in Indonesia for more effective control of highly pathogenic avian influenza

OBJECTIVES OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH Establish a system of participatory epidemiological impact assessment that monitors both behaviour change and changes in disease incidence. Measure the epidemiological impact of five HPAI control scenarios at the district level. Conduct targeted research to answer specific questions of immediate importance to HPAI control in Indonesia. OPERATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Using system analysis and modeling tools to develop improved feeding strategies for small-scale crop-livestock farmers in Southeast Asia

Project Objectives/Goals: The project will aim at enhancing farm feed resources by optimizing the contribution of sweet potato, legumes and other feed sources to year-round feed availability, livestock productivity and household income. Outputs: 1.Novel pig feeding systems based on sweet potato, forage legumes and other feed sources toincrease feed availability, livestock productivity and household income, under the environmental and economic constraints in the project area.

Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increased use of fodder

The current project seeks to engage with a wide range of stakeholders to strengthen the capacity of poor livestock keepers to: select and adopt fodder options access market opportunities to enable them to improve their livelihoods The project seeks to achieve these goals in ways that will ensure...