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About Dr. Bukar USMAN, mni

I started as a field Veterinary officer with Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and later joined College of Agric, Maiduguri as a lecture & a Researcher in the Department of Animal Health & Production. I was appointed the Provost of the College In 2003. In 2007 I was appointed Hon. Commissioner & Member Borno State Executive Council and later appointed Permanent Secretary with the Borno State Civil Service in 2009. I was the National Facilitator Animal Health, National Programme For Food Security of the Federal Ministry of Agric & Rural Development, Abuja. I was Director, Veterinary Medicine & Allied Products (VMAP) and now Director North East Zone NAFDAC. I’m a member of the National Institute’ (mni), Kuru SEC 40, 2018. I engaged myself in various aspects of the veterinary profession. I founded Sril Group Ltd, Nigeria. I’m now the Director General of Borno State Livestock Management Agency (BOLMA) I’m a strong advocate of keying into the Global Halal Food System

IN MY DESERTIFICATION LIBRARY: BOOK NR. 36

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
? Agriculture, food and nutrition for Africa (FAO 1997) Posted by Prof. Dr. Willem VAN COTTHEM Ghent University – Belgium Having participated in all the meetings of the INCD (1992-1994) and all the meetings of the UNCCD-COP,…

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What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the crop-goat project in Tanzania?

Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
In Tanzania most goat production is extensive and aimed at selling live animals with limited direct impact on food security and nutrition. The Crop and Goat Project (CGP), implemented in Kongwa…

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Resistance in action in the Mayan region: “NO to GMO’s”

Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University:
Mayan women in a concert of the Ma OGM campaign. Source maria Boa August 18 María del Refugio Boa Alvarado successfully defended her MSc-thesis ‘Resistance in Action; Mobilization of Mayan beekeepers against GM…

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As last defenses begin to fail, UN declares antibiotic resistance ‘the greatest and most urgent global risk’

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria (yellow, round items) killing and escaping from a human white cell (via Flickr/NIAID). ‘An extraordinary gathering at the United Nations on September 21 may have permanently…

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The Future of Fish: Incomes, Nutrition and Global Security

Originally posted on The GFAiR Blog:
Bumbang Bay, Indonesia Melissa Benn, Associate at the Agriculture and Food Security Practice at Chemonics International, prepared this article for the September 2016 issue of WFO’s F@rmletter. Why focus on fish? Aquaculture is on the rise globally, and…

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ILRI presents at inaugural regional conference on zoonotic diseases in eastern Africa

Originally posted on AgHealth:
Farming scene in the highlands of Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). ? Zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are diseases that can be passed from animals to people. Nearly two-thirds of emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic…

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Limiting use of antibiotics in livestock production to stem growing antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens

Originally posted on ILRI news:
A woman in Uganda lets her chickens out to forage during the day (via Flickr by Jennifer Wilmore/Bread for the World). A commentary published in The Lancet last month supporting a series of five papers…

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Managing the most nutritious, and riskiest, foods in the informal markets of developing countries

Originally posted on ILRI news:
A Nairobi butcher shop after nightfall (photo credit: Flickr/Hendrik Terbeck). A new book compiling 25 contemporary studies on food safety in Africa’s informal markets offers (surprising) lessons for much of the developing world. In case you…

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Towards professionalizing—not criminalizing—informal sellers of milk and meat in poor countries

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Transporting fresh milk by motorcycle in Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI/Ben Lukuyu). ‘. . . Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners have developed and piloted an institutional innovation—a training, certification and branding scheme…

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Improving food safety and human health through agricultural research: CGIAR future plans

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Tanzanian boy with large jug of fresh milk (photo credit: East African Dairy Development project). A useful summary of the future plans of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), led…

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Building a sustainable future: A history of conservation agriculture in southern Africa

Originally posted on The GFAiR Blog:
Drought is increasingly common in Malawi, leaving an estimated 3 million people in need of urgent humanitarian food assistance this year alone. However, more than 400 farmers and their families in Malaka, Southern Malawi,…

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UN OFFICIAL URGES FOCUS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO LIFT MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY

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New York, Feb 22 2012  1:05PM A top United Nations official today <“http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2012/13.htm”>committed to pull up to 90 million people out of poverty by 2015 and help small farmers and all those in rural areas to…

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The critical role of smallholder farmers and rural people

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Photo credit: Google The programme, “Accelerating Progress Toward the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women IFAD Note Highlights Role of Rural Transformation in Achieving Post-2015 Agenda Smallholder farmers and rural people can play a critical role in…

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How to transform rural areas so that development is not only inclusive but also socially, economically and environmentally sustainable

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? Read the full story: IFAD Fostering inclusive rural transformation Today IFAD launches Rural Development Report 2016: Fostering inclusive rural transformation. It is IFAD’s flagship publication bringing together leading thinkers to analyse lessons learnt from experiences across…

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Joint Press Release – 2nd Pacific Agribusiness Forum

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JOINT PRESS RELEASE 2nd PACIFIC AGRIBUSINESS FORUM LINKING THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR TO THE LOCAL MARKETS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND IMPROVED FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY Organised by PIPSO, CTA, IFAD, SPC and SPTO The 2nd…

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Next Brussels Briefing 46: “Agribusiness development in SIDs: the potential of tourism-related markets”

Originally posted on Brussels Development Briefings:
The next Brussels Development Briefing n.46 on the subject of “Agribusiness development in SIDs: the potential of tourism-related markets” will be held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 21st September 2016 at the ACP Secretariat (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels).…

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FAO welcomes historic commitment to end hunger in Africa by 2025 / Challenge is to transform vision into reality, Director-General says

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
  FAO welcomes historic commitment to end hunger in Africa by 2025 / Challenge is to transform vision into reality, Director-General says   ROME, Italy, February 2, 2014/African…

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Africa Cup of Nations to rally support for home-grown efforts to end hunger / FAO and CAF kick off “African Football against Hunger”

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
  Africa Cup of Nations to rally support for home-grown efforts to end hunger / FAO and CAF kick off “African Football against Hunger”   ROME, Italy, January…

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Four new Africa Solidarity Trust Fund projects will benefit 24 countries / Activities reflect African priorities, including youth employment and nutrition

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  Four new Africa Solidarity Trust Fund projects will benefit 24 countries / Activities reflect African priorities, including youth employment and nutrition   MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 26,…

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First six countries to benefit from Africa-led fund / Africa Solidarity Trust Fund to support ongoing efforts to eradicate hunger, reduce malnutrition and poverty

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  First six countries to benefit from Africa-led fund / Africa Solidarity Trust Fund to support ongoing efforts to eradicate hunger, reduce malnutrition and poverty   TUNIS, Tunisia,…

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African trust fund for food security becomes reality / Equatorial Guinea provides first contribution of $30 million for “Africa for Africa” anti-hunger pool

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
    African trust fund for food security becomes reality / Equatorial Guinea provides first contribution of $30 million for “Africa for Africa” anti-hunger pool   ROME, Italy,…

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Japan Steps up Support to Fight Hunger and Boost Nutrition in Africa

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US$21.6 million cash contribution from the Government of Japan to provide vital food and nutrition assistance to the…

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Impacts of value chain development on smallholder women dairy farmers in India

Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
In the run up to the Livestock and Fish gender working group meeting in Addis Ababa in October 2013, ILRI agro-economist Jo Cadilhon shares some ideas on the importance of gender…

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Call for papers: policies for gender-equitable participation in dairy value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa

Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
On 21-24 September 2014, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) together with the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) will host an African Dairy Value Chain Seminar. The…

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AGRF session on transforming dairy value chains in Africa: Pathways to prosperity

Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
On 8 September 2016, the International Livestock Research Institute and partners held a working session at the 2016 African Green Revolution Forum on transforming dairy value chains in Africa: Pathways to…

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IN MY DESERTIFICATION LIBRARY: BOOK NR. 31

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? ? Nutrition and Food Production in the Congo Basin (2014) Posted by Prof. Dr. Willem VAN COTTHEM Ghent University – Belgium Having participated in all the meetings of the INCD (1992-1994) and all the meetings of…

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Tropentag workshop: Empowering livestock and fish smallholders through multi-stakeholder platforms and value chains

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
On 19 September 2016, ’empowering livestock and fish smallholders through multi-stakeholder platforms and value chains’  is the focus of a Livestock and Fish research program workshop at the Tropentag 2016…

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Hundreds of Millions Face Health Risk as Water Pollution Rises Across Three Continents

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
· Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America · Asia hit hardest by rise in severe pathogen…

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Taking Camel Milk is a Way to Flush Your Body Clean of Toxins While Making You Strong and Shining

Originally posted on Natural Health with the Camel Milk:
A gift of nature and gold of desert, the camel milk (CM) is miraculously proving as a superfood and natural flush. Because of the appreciable level and unique combination of nutrients…

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Stronger together: unlocking Africa’s food production potential — THE GFAR BLOG

Originally posted on Pastoralists, Nomads, Small and Medium Scaled Family Farmers are the Custodian of Native genetic resources and Sustainable Farming Systems:
Africa is developing fast. Growing economies, burgeoning middle classes and a booming technology industry are all propelling the…

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World Water Week seminar highlights the role of livestock in sustainable agriculture

Originally posted on AgHealth:
Fishermen and Sahelian goats by the Niger River, in Segou, Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). World Water Week in Stockholm is organized annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute and brings together experts from around the world…

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One million seedlings of economic trees, free to people in Sokoto (Nigeria)

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? Photo credit: The Union Governor Tambuwal planting a tree to flag off this year’s tree planting campaign in Sokoto. Photo: Sokoto Govt House Desertification: Sokoto To Plant 1m Trees Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said,…

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Assessing the Sustainability of Local and Global Food Chains – GLAMUR Special Issue

Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University:
The EU-funded research project GLAMUR has been completed earlier this year. More info on the project, its sustainability performance-based approach and the findings can be accessed at the website. Next to all reports…

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When will every school in developing countries have a school garden ?

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? ? Back to School: Local school gardens help kids There are several school gardens in the Marathon County area and it could be helping your kids more than you think. The National Gardening Association found…

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Social Business: an opportunity to capture the benefits of multi-functional agriculture

Originally posted on The GFAiR Blog:
This article authored by Prof Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Laureate 2006, was originally published on the World Farmers’ Organization (WFO) website and is featured in the August 2016 issue of their F@rmletter. Rude Awakening…

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Six TEDx talks on food security

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
While we spend a lot of our time with our noses stuck in books, reports and articles we also like to hear from global experts from time to time.…

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Apocalyptic numbers: Antibiotic resistance as the classic ‘One Health’ (and classic ‘One World’) planetary issue

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Depicted in this watercoloured etching, The Ancient of Days, by William Blake, is Urizen, a  figure that for Blake embodied reason and law. Urizen’s outstretched hand holds a compass over the darker void below, representing an…

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The Best Option for Sustainable Food Production in Challenging Environment ~is the Promising Camel

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Saudi livestock market requirements, implications for Somaliland

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Cattle for export to Middle East from Somaliland (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Livestock are the backbone of the Somaliland economy. Livestock production accounts for about 60% of the country’s gross domestic product, 70% of employment opportunities and 85%…

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Africa’s indigenous land grabs—African middle-aged public-sector urbanites in rush to buy farmland

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Charles Murithi, Kenyan farmer (photo credit: BurnessGlobal/Jeff Haskins). For middle-class Tanzanians . . . a successful farmer trumps a successful academic. . . . [A] quiet, hard-to-track but momentous change [is happening] in Africa, which…

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EU, US and UN Call on the International Community to Scale Up Emergency Response in the Lake Chad

Originally posted on Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source:
At the end of a visit to the Lake Chad Basin countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration of the…

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Jimmy Smith’s address to UK parliamentary group on the potential of livestock for development

Originally posted on ILRI news:
‘Animal agriculture is the Cinderella of the agricultural world’, Jimmy Smith tells the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development. Presentation to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for…

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New approaches to agricultural productivity to alleviate poverty, malnutrition and hunger (AlertNet)

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Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/revamp-african-ag-policy-to-address-hunger-and-poverty-experts/ Revamp African ag policy to address hunger and poverty – experts Source: alertnet // Katie Murray By Katie Murray LONDON (AlertNet) – New approaches to agricultural productivity could help alleviate widespread poverty,…

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The Africa Union’s Malabo Declaration and climate change

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Photo credit: SciDevNet Copyright: Anna-Marie Ball/IFPRI ? African policy to end hunger silent on climate risk by Baraka Rateng’ Speed read The Africa Union’s Malabo Declaration aims to end hunger by 2025 A new report says it…

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Next Brussels Briefing 45: “Affordable smart farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for African agriculture”

Originally posted on Brussels Development Briefings:
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Affordable smart farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for African agriculture” will be  held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center,…

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#Farming Friday 48: So You Want To Be A Farmer?

Originally posted on Thought + Food:
Today was a perfect early summer day: gorgeous sunshine, with a breeze to lighten the warmth. The sort of day when, driving past a farm on a quiet road; or heaping up your baskets with…

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How agriculture changes our climate—New primer from Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions (University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, 2016). The following is an unusually sane and well communicated multimedia primer on the sustainability of the global food system. Food Matters,…

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INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE TO FEED GROWING WORLD POPULATION (UNNews / FAO)

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Read at : UNNews UN AGENCY URGES INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE TO FEED GROWING WORLD POPULATION New York, Sep 23 2009 12:05PM Farmers need to increase global food production by some 70 per cent in the coming…

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If the world’s experts are wrong, who are the real experts being right ? (Foreign Policy)

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Read at : http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/can_the_world_feed_10_billion_people?page=0%2C0 Can the World Feed 10 Billion People? With an exploding global population — and Africa’s numbers set to triple — the world’s experts are falling over themselves arguing how to feed the…

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African countries will need to spend more of their budgets on developing their agricultural sector (Find Your Feet)

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
Read at : http://findyourfeet.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/africa-is-not-spending-enough-on-food/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FindYourFeetsBlog+%28Find+Your+Feet%27s+Blog%29 Africa is not spending enough on food This piece was posted by Hilde Faugli, Communications Intern at Find Your Feet. 70 percent of people in Africa live in rural areas and depend…

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Africa is not spending enough on food (Find your feet)

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Read at : http://findyourfeet.wordpress.com/ Africa is not spending enough on food This piece was posted by Hilde Faugli, Communications Intern at Find Your Feet. While most talk about Africa these days centers on the World Cup in…

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Tackling food emergencies in Africa (id21)

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
Read at : id21 (see my Blogroll) http://www.id21.org/society/s2rm1g1.html Tackling food emergencies in Africa The average number of food emergencies in Africa has almost tripled since the 1980s. Today, approximately one third of people in sub-Saharan Africa…

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FUNDING GAP THREATENS EFFORTS TO ASSIST MILLIONS FACING HUNGER IN AFRICA – UN OFFICIAL (UN News)

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New York, May 10 2012  1:05PM A major funding gap is threatening efforts to boost food security and development in the Sahel region of West Africa and in the Horn of Africa in the east, a…

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LARGEST DATABASE OF HUNGER STATISTICS (UNNews)

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Read at : UNNews UN AGENCY OPENS UP ACCESS TO LARGEST DATABASE OF HUNGER STATISTICS New York, Jul 9 2010 1:05PM The world’s largest and most comprehensive database on food, agriculture and hunger is now open…

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Rural, food and agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty (UN News / FAO)

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Read at : COOPERATIVES CENTRAL TO FIGHTING HUNGER, STRESSES UN AGENCY New York, Jan 24 2012  6:05PM Cooperatives and producer organizations will be increasingly important in efforts to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, the head of…

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‘Africa rising’–Bill Gates on what’s working in health and agriculture

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Bill Gates made a private visit to the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub (BecA Hub), hosted and managed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi, Kenya, in early December 2009, and toured…

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Why Melinda and Bill Gates are betting big on chickens (hint: ‘the ATM of the poor’)

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Asafo Flag detail, Fante people, Ghana. From Melinda Gates ‘Chickens in America have it rough . . . the symbol of cowards. . . the butt of corny cross-the-road jokes. . . . ‘But if…

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Livestock for better nutrition and disease control–One Health Colloquium held this week at Chatham House

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Stacked farm animal figurine (from zulily on Pinterest). One Health Colloquium Sustainable Livestock, Disease Control, Climate Change and the Refugee Crisis 31 May–1 Jun 2016 Chatham House, London The Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House, London—which…

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Supporting the world’s smallholder livestock keepers can increase food supplies while reducing absolute poverty

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A young boy in Kenya feeds his family’s improved dairy cows (photo credit: East Africa Dairy Development project). ‘The head of the global livestock research centre (ILRI) in Kenya says smallholder farmers will be essential…

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New investments in agriculture likely to fail without sharp focus on small-scale ‘mixed’ farmers

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A new paper published today in Science warns that billions of dollars promised to fund programs to boost small-scale agriculture in developing countries are unlikely to succeed in feeding the world’s increasing populations. This is…

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