Category Archives: Event

Africa / CGIAR / CRP37 / CRP4 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Value Chains

Targeting Livestock and Fish work on small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia – Emerging ‘best bets’

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Last week, Ethiopian partners in the program joined the last of three workshops to take stock of the results of small ruminant value chain assessments in 8 sites. Together, 67 individuals from the sites and other partners joined the workshops. These came from research, academic, NGO, private companies, as well as international research organizations. This … Continue reading »

Asia / CGIAR / CRP37 / Event / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Livestock and Fish program consults Vietnam stakeholders on sites and impact pathways

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In Vietnam, the ILRI-led Livestock and Fish research program focuses on smallholder pig value chains. As part of the planned activities for 2013, ILRI organized a stakeholder consultation workshop in Hanoi on 22 March 2013 (see wiki for more information). Lucy Lapar and Seth de Vlieger from ILRI’s Hanoi office wrote this report on the … Continue reading »

Asia / CRP2 / CRP37 / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Confronting value chain research tools with field experience in Vietnam

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Contributed by Jo Cadilhon On 27-28March 2013, I participated in the first planning workshop of the REVALTER project in Vietnam. REVALTER is the French acronym for Multi-scale assessment of livestock development pathways in Vietnam. The objective of this project is to study the existing conditions of livestock value chains in Vietnam, with a specific focus … Continue reading »

Africa / CGIAR / CIAT / CRP37 / Dairying / Event / ILRI / Livestock-Fish / Partnership / Southern Africa / Tanzania

Dairy Development Forum established to further more inclusive dairy development in Tanzania

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Last month, the Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Heifer Project International (HPI), SNV – The Netherlands Development Organisation, Land O’Lakes, Inc., and the Tanzania Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (MLDF) organized a national dairy stakeholders’ meeting to present the Dairy Development Forum (DDF). The DDF … Continue reading »

CRP2 / CRP37 / Event / ILRI / Value Chains / WorldFish

Smallholder participation in livestock and fish value chains

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In November 2012, ILRI scientist Derek Baker with Froukje Kruijssen (WorldFish) organized a session at the CTA conference ‘Making the Connection.’ The session examined livestock and fish value chains and drew out lessons from participants’ experience of interventions and the reasons contributing to the success or failure of these interventions (the session notes here are … Continue reading »

Animal Breeding / Article / Asia / Event / Fish / Genetics / Livestock-Fish / Presentation / WorldFish

Aquaculture conference showcases latest technologies

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One of the largest aquaculture and aquarium shows in Asia, Aqua Aquaria India 2013, was recently held in Vijayawada, AndhraPradesh, India, from 8 – 10 February. Hosted by the Marine Products Export Development Authority of the Government of India (MPEDA), the event showcased the latest production and marketing technologies in aquaculture and ornamental fish culture … Continue reading »

Africa / Animal Breeding / CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Genetics / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Small Ruminants

Characterizing goat genetic resources in Ethiopia

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On 20 and 21 December 2012, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) ran a training course for national partners and collaborators on methods and approaches for phenotypic characterization of animal genetic resources. “For genetic resources to contribute to food security goals, we need … Continue reading »

Components / CRP37 / Event / Livestock-Fish / Targeting

What, how and who, Livestock and Fish targeting component specifies deliverables

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A team of scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), WorldFish and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) on 4-5 December 2012 met to set out plans for the program’s ‘targeting and environment component’. This was the first meeting of  this team … Continue reading »

Components / CRP37 / Event / Gender / Women

Livestock and Fish gender component refines and agrees approaches to integrate gender in the program

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The gender component of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program provides “cross‐cutting analysis of development process and outcomes to ensure that the target beneficiaries of the program including women and vulnerable groups benefit from targeted interventions”. It is concerned to ensure that gender and equity are mainstreamed in a transformative way in the whole … Continue reading »

Africa / CGIAR / CRP37 / CRP4 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock-Fish / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Targeting / Value Chains

Ethiopia value chain sites selected; rapid value chain assessment initiated

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Earlier this year the Ethiopia team led by ICARDA set out plans for the program to transform sheep and goat value chains in the country. Since July, the team has engaged with national partners and stakeholders to identify research sites and partners. And today, the first of two planned training workshops on tools for the … Continue reading »