Category Archives: Animal Products

Animal Products / CGIAR / CRP37 / Partnership

Livestock and Fish Program mobilizes partners to devise effective research-for-development partnerships on animal-source foods

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Next week the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) will be held in Uruguay. On 27 October, the Livestock and Fish research program hosts a pre-conference session on ‘Mobilizing AR4D partnerships to improve access to critical animal-source foods.’ Animal-source foods, for and by the poor Farmed animals and fish are an important … Continue reading »

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

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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 »