Category Archives: Project

Africa / Aquaculture / CRP37 / CRP4 / Egypt / Fish / Food Safety / Livestock-Fish / North Africa / Project / Value Chains / WorldFish

Assessing food safety and food nutrition in food chains: A rapid integrated assessment project

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Putting enough food on the table is a daily challenge faced by households around the world. Ensuring that the food contains enough protein and essential micronutrients is a further consideration, and animal products, such as fish and meat from livestock can go a long way to improving the diets of the world’s poor. In addition, … Continue reading »

Animal Breeding / Cattle / Central America / CIAT / CRP37 / Genetics / Nicaragua / Project

Austria funds Livestock and Fish project to increase the productivity of dual-purpose cattle in Nicaragua

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In December 2012, the Austrian Development Agency approved a three-year research project from ILRI, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), CIAT and the National Agricultural University of Nicaragua (UNA) on ‘increasing the productivity of dual-purpose cattle in Nicaragua — More milk and meat through better breeds.’ This is a particularly strategic … Continue reading »

Animal Health / CRP37 / Livestock-Fish / Pigs / Project / Uganda

Preliminary findings show that more attention should be given to piggery and food safety in pork in Uganda

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Wambizzi Cooperative Society Ltd is a Ugandan piggery cooperative founded in 1971 and is running the only registered pig abattoir in Kampala. Following an invitation by the cooperative’s management to visit the abattoir, Safe Food Fair Food project conducted a qualitative survey on slaughter hygiene in August. The preliminary findings were presented on 16 Aug … Continue reading »

CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Livestock-Fish / Project / Value Chains

Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders (LIVES) holds planning meeting

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Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) one of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI ) led projects, part of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research project, held an implementation planning workshop on July 11-12, 2012. It brought together most project partners to revise and verify regional and zonal data collected for the four … Continue reading »

Africa / CRP37 / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Pigs / Project / Research / Uganda / Value Chains

Smallholder pigs value chain project to increase rural incomes in Uganda

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Over the past three decades pig production has become an increasingly important activity in Uganda, as indicated by the increase in pig population from 0.19 to 2.3 million. In 2011, Uganda had the highest per capita consumption of pork meat in Sub-Saharan Africa (3.4 kg/person/year). Pigs in Uganda are mainly kept by women as backyard … Continue reading »

Animal Feeding / Asia / CIAT / Crop-Livestock / CRP37 / Feeds / Forages / ILRI / Livestock-Fish / Project / Vietnam

Improving forage-based feeding systems in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle

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In 2011, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) agreed to fund a project on improvements to forage-based feeding systems in the border provinces of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam – an area referred to as the the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) development triangle. The project is implemented by CIAT with support from ILRI. It focuses on improving … Continue reading »

Africa / Animal Breeding / CRP37 / Dairying / Forages / Genetics / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Mali / Project / Research / Senegal / West Africa

Genetics project tackles peri-urban dairy systems in Senegal

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The Finnish Government recently approved a new project part of the ‘Livestock and Fish’ research program of the CGIAR. Led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the three-year project aims to improve food and nutritional security through better utilisation of dairy cattle breed or cross-breed types in Senegal. The specific objectives are to: Determine … 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 »

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

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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 »

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 »