Monthly Archives: September 2015

ILRI@tropentag 2014: Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security and healthy lives

Originally posted on ILRI news:
In 2014, to mark 40 years of international research, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is facilitating a series of events that highlight the ways in which livestock research advances the global development agenda, specifically…

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Animal agriculture research director envisions developing-world livestock sector in 2054

Originally posted on ILRI news:
ILRI director general Jimmy Smith (left) introduces IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze to guests at the ILRI@40 conference in Addis Ababa on 6 Nov 2014; Kanayo gave the keynote address at ILRI’s conference (photo credit: ILRI/Susan…

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10 priorities for making African smallholder farming work under climate change

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
By Katrin Glatzel With just over two months left till a new international climate change agreement is being finalised in Paris, the Montpellier Panel is launching a new report…

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African animal agriculture: Grasping opportunities as a great livestock transition gets under way

Originally posted on ILRI news:
? Presentation (above) and abstract (below) by Jimmy Smith  ILRI director general Jimmy Smith made a keynote presentation at the 6th All African Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA), held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre,…

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First global map of the rising use of antimicrobial drugs in farm animals published in PNAS

Originally posted on ILRI news:
A woman in Uganda lets her chickens out to forage during the day (photo on Flickr by Jennifer Wilmore/Bread for the World). This news article was developed by Tim Robinson with the help of Delia…

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Ways forward for food safety in countries bearing the brunt of the world’s food-borne diseases

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Roadside meat for sale in Nairobi, Kenya (picture on Flickr by Andrew Chipley). This article is written by Delia Grace A new paper on food safety in low- and middle-income countries was published today (27…

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