Indian newspaper The Telegraph reported on Monday, 20 July 2015, that a program by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) that trained smallholder dairy producers in Guwahati in Assam, India led to an increase in milk production through improved methods and practices of dairy farming. Continue reading
Author Archives: Jules Mateo
Animal Feeding / Dairying / Feeds / ILRI / India / Interview / Livestock / South Asia
Improved livestock feeding helping Indian farmers increase incomes from milk and boost food security
A project supported by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in India is helping the country’s small-scale mixed crop and livestock farmers increase their incomes by boosting their milk production.
The Cereal Systems Initiative in South Asia (CSISA) project, which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is addressing feed constraints in rice-, wheat-, and maize-based systems by improving the efficiency of rice and wheat straw feeding and increasing the use of inexpensive, locally available and nutritionally dense supplementary feeds such as maize grains. The project is also promoting underutilized cereal residues such as maize stover for livestock feeds. Continue reading
Dairying / ILRI / India / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / South Asia
Policy incoherence in smallholder dairying in Bihar, India
Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
Fodder for dairy cattle in Bihar Smallholder dairying plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of Bihar state in India. While several organizations exist for dairy development in Bihar and there is an increase in investments and interventions in this sector during the last…
ILRI and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development firm up plans for long-term partnership in livestock development research
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in a recent (25 June 2015) high-level meeting between ILRI and MARD in Hanoi, developed a strategic plan to boost the partnership between the two organizations for the next five years. Continue reading
Animal Breeding / Animal Diseases / Asia / China / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Partnerships / Research
New joint animal disease laboratory by ILRI and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences launched in China
On 8-9 June 2015, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) renewed commitment to strengthen their partnership by launching the Joint Laboratory for Ruminant Disease Control (JLRDC) based in Lanzhou, a city southwest of Beijing. Continue reading
Asia / CCAFS / Climate Change / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Philippines
Hoping for a win-win: Livestock interventions discussed at the climate-smart agriculture workshop
‘Better-fed animals have lower emissions intensities’, said Polly Ericksen, a senior scientist and program leader of Livestock Systems and Environment (LSE) program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), during a regional workshop on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies’ in Manila, Philippines on 2-4 June 2015. Continue reading
Feeds / Fodder / ILRI / India / LIVESTOCK-FISH / South Asia / Uttarakhand
Reaping the harvest of science and hard work: Film on green fodder farming in India
A new six-minute film on ‘Dual-purpose wheat and barley for human food and livestock feed in India,’ co-produced by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Doon University, is now available. Continue reading
ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livelihoods / Livestock / Pakistan / Small Ruminants / South Asia / Value Chains
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council calls for livestock development in Balochistan and other poor areas
The Daily Times of Pakistan reported on a recently held workshop on livestock development that took place in Islamabad, Pakistan on 11-12 May 2015. Continue reading
Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam
ILRI holds planning workshop for Australia-funded pig project in Vietnam
Last month, the ‘Reducing disease risks and improving food safety in smallholders pig value chains in Vietnam’ or PigRisk project team and partners held a bi-annual planning meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The two-day workshop (26-27 April 2015), which was hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Vietnam, discussed accomplishments of the project since the last team meeting in December 2014 and set project goals for the next two years. Continue reading
Article / Asia / Crop-Livestock / CRPs / HUMIDTROPICS / Markets / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam / Vulnerability
New partnership platform for better impact on poverty in northwest Vietnam
This article was originally written by Mai Thanh Tu for the Humidtropics blog. Reposted here with permission. Northwest Vietnam is a mountainous area bordering China to the north and Lao PDR to the south. About 30 ethnic minorities with distinct languages and traditions, including cultivation practices live in the area, the most populous groups being Thai, … Continue reading
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