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
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
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
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
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
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
From 11-13 October 2012, the Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development (SPVCD) in Uganda project held a workshop that brought together 45 participants at Ridar Hotel in Seeta (Mukono). The objectives of the workshop were: to develop an Outcome Mapping strategy for the project and to initiate the site selection process. Present at the workshop were … Continue reading
The program planning and management committee of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish held its 4th planning meeting on the 19 and 20 September 2012. The committee, comprising staff of the four partner centers – ILRI, CIAT, ICARDA, WorldFish Center – is responsible for overall administration, decision making and policy enactment. The meeting … Continue reading
On 24 and 25 September 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish convened a meeting of ILRI staff to prepare an overall work plan for Value chain development activities in the Uganda smallholder pig value chain. The meeting aimed to: Develop a common understanding of the Program’s objectives for the value chain and … Continue reading
Earlier this year, ILRI and ICARDA joined national partners in two ‘feed assessment’ projects in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Livestock Feeds project (funded by ACIAR) and the ‘QuickFeed‘ early win project of the Africa RISING program both set out to test a suite of rapid diagnosis tools to identify promising feed and fodder interventions. At the … Continue reading
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