CGIAR Livestock and Fish Program sets out 2012 plans for Vietnam

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Andrew Nguyen • Leave a comment

Early last week, the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Program convened an internal meeting to take stock of plans for the proposed work on smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam. Participants came from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). This was a first opportunity for the various participants … Continue reading →

Animal Feeding / Asia / CIAT / Crop-Livestock / Feeds / Forages / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Project / Vietnam

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

Posted on 1 May 2012 by Andrew Nguyen • Leave a comment

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 →

Aquaculture / CGIAR / CIAT / CRPs / Fish / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Value Chains / WorldFish

Core stakeholders provide feedback on the Livestock-Fish research program

Posted on 5 December 2011 by Andrew Nguyen • Leave a comment

As a brief aside to the Agenda of Action 2nd Multi-stakeholder Platform Meeting hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Phuket, Thailand – Jimmy Smith, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Director General, and Tom Randolph, CGIAR Research Program (CRP) 3.7 director hosted a consultative seminar to discuss the program … Continue reading →