Africa / Animal Products / CGIAR / CIAT / CRP37 / Dairying / Event / ILRI / Livestock-Fish / Project / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Smallholder dairy the focus of Livestock and Fish Research Program meetings in Tanzania

Dairying offers opportunities for rural livelihoods and nutritional security, particularly in societies already having a tradition of cattle-keeping. Perhaps uniquely amongst agricultural pathways out of poverty, it offers many pro-poor benefits from small-scale production and marketing. These include opportunities for intensification and enhanced productivity and incomes, employment in services and marketing, and nutrition both for … Continue reading »

Animal Feeding / Central America / CIAT / Crop-Livestock / CRP37 / CRP7 / Forages / Latin America / Livestock-Fish / Nicaragua / Project / Research / South America

Climate-smart crop-livestock systems for smallholders – Livestock and Fish project to intensify agriculture and mitigate climate change

The German Government recently approved a new project part of the ‘Livestock and Fish’ research program of the CGIAR. Led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the three-year project aims to improve the agricultural productivity and mitigation of climate change through more efficient nutrient use and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder crop-livestock … Continue reading »