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International Livestock Research Institute

Type: Organization

Name: International Livestock Research Institute

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Texas A&M University

Clarke honored for international efforts in agriculture, rural development

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Neville Clarke received the 2013 Special Service Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development recently at the Future Leader’s Forum in Washington, D.C.Clarke, special assistant for program development ... [Published AgriLife Today - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Texas A&M University, Agriculture, International Livestock Research Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Ethiopia: Report for the final evaluation of building resilient pastoralist communities project

Source: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, Trócaire, Cordaid, Scottish Catholic International Aid FundCountry: Ethiopia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [1.1]This document is an evaluation report for the ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Ethiopia, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, International Livestock Research Institute, Drought, Consortium

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Making agricultural knowledge accessible and useful for smallholders

Representatives of national, regional and global organisations attended a Global Consultation in May 2013 at the International Livestock Research Institute in Addis Ababa where they endorsed the CIARD movement and agreed on a new focus to support innovation ... [Published New Agriculturist - May 29 2013]

Entities: International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Abeba, Agriculture

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Future of Zoonosis Linked to Farming and Environment

GLOBAL – As agriculture intensifies and climate changes, so too will the risk posed to us by zoonotic diseases.This is according to a joint study by the Royal Veterinary College and the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi.Carried out ... [Published The Cattle Site - May 24 2013]

Entities: Zoonosis, Environment, International Livestock Research Institute, Royal Veterinary College

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya - African swine fever vaccines

Scientists in Kenya have launched research of a vaccine to be used against African swine fever. The study is still at an early stage where scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are identifying antigens and best-bet delivery ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 23 2013]

Entities: Vaccine, Kenya, Uganda, International Livestock Research Institute, Infection

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Ban of GM Food Importation in Kenya is Illegal, Ministry of Agriculture Official Claims

During a Journalist Roundtable at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi on May 1, 2013, Romano Kiome, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture of Kenya, has dismissed last year's ban on the import of genetically modified ... [Published CropBiotech Update - May 22 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Foods, Kenya, Agriculture, Illegal

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

African Countries Must Improve Livestock Data

Nairobi Africa still suffers from a lack of good quality data on livestock that could be used to measure and improve progress as well as inform policymaking processes, scientists have said.Good data are crucial for identifying effective public and private ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Livestock, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., International Livestock Research Institute, University of Nairobi

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock

Raising chickens has become so fashionable among some urban Americans that there's now a market for chicken diapers, as we reported this month.For a bit of a reality check, let's consider what it means to raise urban livestock in the developing world, ... [Published KCLU - May 21 2013]

Entities: Livestock, Pierre Ferrari, Limits

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

African countries must improve livestock data

[NAIROBI] Africa still suffers from a lack of good quality data on livestock that could be used to measure and improve progress as well as inform policymaking processes, scientists have said.Good data are crucial for identifying effective public and private ... [Published SciDev.Net - May 21 2013]

Entities: Livestock, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., Uganda, International Livestock Research Institute, University of Nairobi

First reported Apr 04 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

World: Balancing conservation and people’s access to land

Source: IRINCountry: Chile, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, World LONDON, 4 April 2013 (IRIN) - In the great plains of northern Tanzania, close to the world-famous Serengeti National Park, a bitter row has broken out over an ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 04 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Philippines

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 14 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya: East Africa’s Dryland Herders Take Out a Policy for Survival

Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya By: Nora Ferm The drylands of East Africa are home to millions of pastoralists, herders who move from place to place in search of water and pasture for their livestock. Drought years ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Drought, Livestock, Kenya

First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya: Now Kenya unveils East Coast fever vaccine

Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya By LILIAN OCHIENG’ Special Correspondent IN SUMMARY Kenya Agricultural research Institute, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Food Agricultural Organisation, the Global Alliance for Livestock and Veterinary ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 14 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Vaccine, Livestock, International Livestock Research Institute, Government of Kenya

Quotes

"We are striving to improve data information on livestock in Africa so as to exploit the continent's potential in livestock for improved exportation of livestock products" said Ahmed

African Countries Must Improve Livestock Data [Published AllAfrica.com - May 22 2013]

"These animals use feed very efficiently, and you can keep them in relatively small cages" says Ferrari

African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock [Published KCLU - May 21 2013]

...the nomadic lifestyles of livestock keepers poses great challenges to initiatives like this, as researchers may not be able to reach many of them. "This provides a challenge, as the animals keep moving and most communities are normally not willing to provide the correct number of their animals" he says. The project is being piloted in Tanzania, Uganda and Niger...

African countries must improve livestock data [Published SciDev.Net - May 21 2013]

IIED's Hesse explains why little attention is paid to pastoralists' contributions: "The benefits that pastoralism brings are invisible to most governments because the methodologies they use for assessing economic activity and growth, the most popular being GDP, are not adapted to pastoralism."

Kenya: Pastoralism's economic contributions are significant but overlooked [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 16 2013]

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Clarke honored for international efforts in agr... [Published AgriLife Today - Jun 10 2013]
Ethiopia: Report for the final evaluation of bu... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 04 2013]
Zebu Cattle Prized in East Africa [Published Individual.com - Jun 02 2013]
East Africa: Zebu Cattle Prized in East Africa [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 02 2013]
Making agricultural knowledge accessible and us... [Published New Agriculturist - May 29 2013]
Future of Zoonosis Linked to Farming and Enviro... [Published The Cattle Site - May 24 2013]
Kenya - African swine fever vaccines [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 23 2013]
Ban of GM Food Importation in Kenya is Illegal,... [Published CropBiotech Update - May 22 2013]
African Countries Must Improve Livestock Data [Published AllAfrica.com - May 22 2013]
African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With L... [Published KCLU - May 21 2013]
African countries must improve livestock data [Published SciDev.Net - May 21 2013]
Kenya: Pastoralism's economic contributions are... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 16 2013]
World: Balancing conservation and people’s acce... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 04 2013]
Uganda: Improving livestock assets in Kenya and... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 20 2013]
Kenya: East Africa’s Dryland Herders Take Out a... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 14 2013]
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MicroEnsure to Tap Data fro... [Published MicroCapital - Jan 22 2013]
World: Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricul... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 17 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published EON Health & Medicine - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Science: Science News - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Natural Resources News - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Health News - Jan 15 2013]
Kenya: Now Kenya unveils East Coast fever vaccine [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 14 2013]
Cattle in the Capital - Urban Agriculture... [Published AllAfrica.com - Oct 23 2012]

Blogs

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Ban of GM Food Importation in Kenya is Illegal,... [Published CropBiotech Update - May 22 2013] During a Journalist Roundtable at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi on May 1, 2013, Romano Kiome, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture of Kenya, has dismissed last year's ban on the import of genetically modified ...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MicroEnsure to Tap Data fro... [Published MicroCapital - Jan 22 2013] MicroEnsure, a UK-based microinsurance subsidiary of US-based nonprofit Opportunity International, recently announced that it will be partnering with Meteo Rwanda, the country’s meteorological agency, in order to provide weather index insurance (WII) ...

Press Releases

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Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published EON Health & Medicine - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Science: Science News - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Natural Resources News - Jan 15 2013]
Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural G... [Published Business Wire Health News - Jan 15 2013]