Monthly Archives: January 2012

Africa / Animal Feeding / CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Livestock / Project / Research / Value Chains

Fodder and feed issues in livestock value chains in Ethiopia

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The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research recently commissioned a small scoping study on feed issues in livestock value chains in Ethiopia. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with national research and development partners (Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research; Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute) will be implementing this work in the coming few months. The … Continue reading »

CGIAR / CRP37 / Fish / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Value Chains

Livestock-Fish research program “off and running”

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This week Tom Randolph, Director of the CGIAR ‘Livestock-Fish’ Research Program announced that the Program “officially started on January 1st 2012, so we are off and running.” He drew attention to some recent developments: Phuket stakeholder consultation: We held a final consultation with stakeholders at the FAO Agenda of Action for a Sustainable Livestock Sector … Continue reading »

Africa / Animal Feeding / Crop-Livestock / CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Feeds / Project

Feed strategies in Ethiopia project evaluates rapid assessment tools

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In January 2012, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded a six-month project to scope feed issues in livestock value chains in Ethiopia. The project is led by the International Livstock Research Institute (ILRI). The purpose of the project is to develop a preliminary understanding of how feed components of intensifying livestock production systems … Continue reading »

Cattle / Dairying / Livestock

Raising dairy cattle – manuals and other useful resources

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Here we provide links to some useful manuals and guides to raising dairy cattle. Add your resource by clicking the ‘comment’ feature on this post. Feeding dairy cattle in East Africa This manual synthesizes and simplifies the information on feeding dairy cows for the farmer, extension worker and student. Whereas the information has been synthesized … Continue reading »

CRP37 / Goats / Livestock / Sheep / Small Ruminants

Raising sheep and goats – manuals and other useful resources

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Here we provide links to some useful manuals and guides to raising small ruminants. Add your resource by clicking the ‘comment’ feature on this post. Goat keeping in the tropics Practical Agrodok on goat keeping, that aims to provide basic information for those who work directly with the small-scale goat farmers in the tropics. A … Continue reading »

Africa / Animal Feeding / Asia / CIAT / CRP37 / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / India / Livestock / Project / Research / South Asia / Tanzania / Value Chains

Enhancing dairy livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development

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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recently funded a project on feed enhancement for dairy value chains in India and Tanzania. The project will be implemented by ILRI with CIAT as a major partner. We are calling the project MilkIT (Milk in India and Tanzania). The overall goal of the project is to contribute … Continue reading »