Ear tags stir fresh interest in goats in Ethiopian village
The young farmers assist in bringing the goats to the village square for inspection. (Photo credit:ILRI/Wondmeneh Esatu) Tilahun Seyoum is by all standards a grown up responsible husband, father and...
View ArticleFarmer Yohannes smiling all the way to the bank – chicken and eggs sustain...
Farmer Yohannes shares the joy of successful chicken farming with his wife. Between them are the eggs, the cash and the savings (photo credit:ILRI\Wondmeneh Esatu) Farmer Yohannes holds his sixteen...
View ArticleMending our food systems: Upstream and downstream research must work together
Future food security will be achieved by exploiting the power of ‘new biosciences’. The new biosciences include genomics (the study of the structure, function, evolution and mapping of all the...
View ArticleExperts to discuss livestock and livelihoods for Africa
Jimmy Smith (ILRI Director General) and Prof Fred Segor, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries at the ILRI@40 conference in Nairobi, 1 Oct 2014 (photo credit: ILRI/Paul...
View ArticleStudy shows how Tanzania dairy farmers stand to benefit from improved...
A new study has revealed the extent to which dairy farmers in Tanzania are under-served by the feeds manufacturing sector, which despite having adequate capacity, is operating at only 50% of installed...
View ArticleImproved Cattle Feed Provides New Business Opportunities for Farmers in India
Strong demand for milk in Bihar Province, India, for direct human consumption and for vital nutrients for the community, has provided an opportunity for one farmer to venture in business. The...
View ArticleBarbara Wieland joins ILRI’s Animal Science for Sustainable Productivity team
Barbara Wieland joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on 5 January 2015 as team leader herd health in the Animal Science for Sustainable Productivity (ASSP)...
View ArticleStrike turns farmer to an overnight small dairy feed businessman
A training session on dairy cattle feeding management in February 2014. ILRI partners with Government Milk Cooperative (OMFED), NGO (Lutheran World India) and OUAT in Nimapada to carry out this project...
View ArticleWoman farmer celebrates better life through livestock in Odisha, India
Pravati is the secretary of the Kapila Muni women Milk Society under local government cooperative society (Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED)) in Barandua village. She is also...
View ArticleImproved animal feed equals increased dairy incomes in Bihar
Anuj Kumar Jha, a very young farmer of Kalyanpur village, Sarairanjan block, Samastipur district of Bihar. He only has 0.5 acre of agricultural land and was unsure about what to do with scarce land and...
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