Monthly Archives: March 2015

Originally posted on AgHealth:
Aflatoxin-contaminated groundnut kernels from Mozambique (photo credit: IITA). ? Among the many research projects carried out by the Food Safety and Zoonoses program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one that aims to reduce the…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Demand for milk and meat continues to rise in developing countries (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The New Agriculturist recently reported on a Safe Food, Fair Food Project led by scientists at the International Livestock Research…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Woman feeds her milk cow in Embu, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Developing-country livestock keepers need more and better drugs to keep their animals alive and productive, and there are increasing numbers of livestock in the…

Around the Budongo forest, expanding sugarcane production, the establishment of tree plantations and forest loss have altered the landscape. In this rural area where nearly all households have a ho… Source: canwefeedtheworld.wordpress.com See on Scoop.it – Agriculture, Climate & Food … Continue reading →

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
An animal vaccinated against East Coast fever, as shown by its ear tag (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Herds of African cattle may hold the secret to new ways of fighting parasitic diseases like malaria, which…

Over 70% of consumers would eat fish, chicken or pork from animals fed on a diet containing insect protein, earlier studies revealed. The EU funded project PROteINSECT is now asking EU consumers again if they are accepting animal products that … Continue reading →

A new article (ungated version here) in World Development crystallized a few of the thoughts I have been mulling over regarding contract farming and the participation of smallholders in agricultural value chains in developing countries–an area where I have done a … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
In his recently released annual letter, Bill Gates has made a series of “big bets” for development. One of these bets, that Africa will be able to feed itself…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
Capacity development and public private partnership are hailed as global policy priorities in the draft sustainable development goals outcome document and the UN secretary general’s synthesis report provides guidance on…

For the past year or so, I have been working on a paper with my colleague Rob King which I am hoping to debut sometime soon in which we look at the relationship between farmers markets and food-borne illness. I … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
Recently the UK passed a bill which enshrines in law their commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) on aid every year, a target first reached by…

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
The camel milk is finding its way in the new world  (from sand dunes of Arabia to the western world) because of its hidden treasures of health promising ingredients. Traditionally used…

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
Traditionally camel milk had been using for the treatment of many complex and diverse ailments of the pastoral communities of Baloch Pashtun tribes. These camel pastoralists camel pastoralists use camel milk…

Originally posted on Pastoralists, Nomads, Small and Medium Scaled Family Farmers are the Custodian of Native genetic resources and Sustainable Farming Systems:
Camel is integral part of the deserted ecosystems and blessed with special traits/characteristics which give strange potential to…

Originally posted on Pastoralists, Nomads, Small and Medium Scaled Family Farmers are the Custodian of Native genetic resources and Sustainable Farming Systems:
Small-scale livestock production is based on subsistence foundations. Such livestock keepers keep mostly their indigenous livestock breeds, as…

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
Camel has adapted mechanisms that allow it to withstand prolonged water deprivation, high temperature, especially in the absence of readily available water, and survive when feed resources are scarce or of…

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
Camel is a cool, happy and calm animal. Opposite to common believing as dangerous, this unique creature has a soul with love and remembrance. Camel realize the feelings of a person…

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
The atrocities of climate change are emerging with multi-dimensional outcomes in different parts of the world with different intensities and level of losses. The historical Bactria region1 (Also, Arya) is one of…

Originally posted on PENAPH:
The ComAcross Project is supporting a training initiative in Participatory Epidemiology (PE) in South East Asia to contribute to skills development useful in for the implementation of One Health approaches in the region. PE takes a…

Originally posted on AgHealth:
A woman milks one of her goats in Ségou District, Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Valentin Bognan Koné). Almost two-thirds of the world’s 925 million poor livestock keepers are rural women, and women often predominate in urban agriculture.…

Originally posted on LIVES-Ethiopia:
Farmers and development agents getting a practical training on apple tree management and scion selection in Holeta (photo credit: ILRILIVES). The Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project is testing different training approaches and…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The Budongo Forest Landscape, in western Uganda, has, in the recent past, seen a marked change in the land cover, predominantly from forest to sugarcane. The expansion of sugarcane…

Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
The International Women’s day is commemorated worldwide on 8 March each year. ‘Make it happen’ is the 2015 theme. Towards this day, this blog will feature stories of partners collaborating with the International…

“Healthy Food for a Healthy World,” aims to build awareness about the important role food can play in promoting health and alleviating malnutrition.  We will publish one blog post each week exploring these issues, and the series will culminate in … Continue reading →

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
Read at : UNNews MORE MUST BE DONE TO REFORM GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM TO FIGHT CRISIS, SAYS UN EXPERT New York, Sep 18 2009 10:05AM Investing in agriculture alone will not solve the food crisis, a…

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HUNGER CRISIS – UN EXPERT New York, May  7 2009  1:00PM An independent United Nations expert warned today that ramping up food production on its own would not alleviate…

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
============== Read at : http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/2011/03/un-report-reveals-overwhelming-benefits.html UN report reveals overwhelming benefits of eco-farming? by Brigid Darragh The latest report out from the United Nations reveals farmers in developing nations can double food production in ten years’ time…