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New ILRI study maps hotspots of human-animal infectious diseases and emerging...
Map by ILRI, published in an ILRI report to DFID: Mapping of Poverty and Likely Zoonoses Hotspots, 2012. A new study maps hotspots of human-animal infectious diseases and emerging disease outbreaks....
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India’s booming livestock sector: On the cusp?–Or on a knife edge?
On 4 Nov 2012, an ILRI delegation of 28 visited the village of Araipura, in the Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana, where they held discussions with dairy farm families. Above are ILRI’s...
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New leadership in ILRI’s livestock research-for-development work in Asia
ILRI’s new regional representative for East and Southeast Asia Steve Staal (picture credit: ILRI). Steve Staal has been appointed the new regional representative of the International Livestock...
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Boosting pig production among India’s poor: Tata-ILRI research partnership...
A pig farmer in Nagaland, India. A Tata-ILRI partnership is helping Indian farmers beat classical swine fever to boost pig production (photo credit: ILRI/Ram Deka). A program that is supporting rural...
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ILRI PhotoBlog —‘Livestock Still Lives’: Indian farmhouse cookware / baskets
Farmhouse cookware (left) and basket plastered for storing grain (right) in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand (picture credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). To receive...
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Alliance meeting this week to battle global ‘goat plague’
The PPR virus, commonly known as goat plague, swept across southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya in 2008; Mohammed Noor lost 20 goats in the just one week and wondered how he would provide for his...
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The livestock boom in India: Pathways to an increasingly profitable, pro-poor...
India, already the world’s biggest milk producer and beef exporter (mostly water buffalo), is investing in research to ensure that its poorest people reap increasing benefits from raising farm animals...
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Dryland agriculture program launched for developing countries: Hot topic for...
A sandstorm on the western shore of Lake Baringo (photo on Flickr by UN/Ray Witlin). A new science program launched in Jordan last week—the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems—is setting itself...
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ILRI PhotoBlog —‘Livestock Still Lives’: Roof in Rajasthan
Stairs to the roof of a typical livestock-keeping household in the village of Nagar, in Tonk District, Rajasthan, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). To receive alerts of new postings on this ILRI...
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Keepers of the flame: Women livestock keepers
Kenyan farmer Alica Waithira shares the responsibility for managing her farm with her family. Her brothers take on the lion’s share of growing food for the family and fodder for the livestock. Alica...
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