Category Archives: Livestock

Exploring ways of uplifting pig farmers’ livelihoods in northwest Vietnam
Agriculture / Animal Breeding / Animal Feeding / Crop-Livestock / ILRI / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Exploring ways of uplifting pig farmers’ livelihoods in northwest Vietnam

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On 30 May 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) co-hosted a stakeholder workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam. At the workshop, participants discussed research findings from a scoping study on improving pig value chains in the region and the objectives of a new research project which will assess how smallholder farmers in northwest Vietnam can add value to pig production by using maize grains as feed. Continue reading →

Vietnam PigRISK project team shares findings on improving food safety in pig value chains
Agri-Health / Animal Health / Food Safety / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Project / Research / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Vietnam PigRISK project team shares findings on improving food safety in pig value chains

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At the workshops, the project team reported key results of PigRISK achieved from June 2012 to May 2017 which focused on assessing food safety issues such as microbiological risk assessment of Salmonella, assessment of heavy metals and antibiotics residue in carcasses and feed, risk factors of contaminations along the value chains; and overall assessment of animal (pig) production and health. Continue reading →

Gender-responsive solutions for sustainable livestock development
Asia / East and Southeast Asia / Gender / ILRI / Livestock / PIL / policy / SDG

Gender-responsive solutions for sustainable livestock development

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These gender-responsive solutions from the workshop will be raised to policymakers and development practitioners. And, if well implemented, would help women gain more benefits from slices of the livestock pie. Closing the gender gap would generate significant gains for livestock sector in particular and for agriculture development and food security as the whole.   Continue reading →

New project on health surveillance of novel respiratory viruses kicks off in Vietnam
Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Collaboration / EcoHealth / Emerging Diseases / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

New project on health surveillance of novel respiratory viruses kicks off in Vietnam

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A training workshop on emerging respiratory virus threats was organized 10-13 April 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. A primary objective of the research projects is to examine the ecology of four types of respiratory viruses circulating in the north of Vietnam including influenza A, B, C, and D, adenoviruses, coronaviruses, and enteroviruses. Secondary objectives include infrastructure development through capacity building of diagnostics among Vietnamese professionals in the animal and human sectors within a One Health context. Continue reading →

Vietnam launches report on better managing risks to food safety
A4NH / Animal Health / East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Report / Research / Value Chains / Vietnam

Vietnam launches report on better managing risks to food safety

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Originally posted on ILRI news:
? Cover of the new World Bank food safety in Vietnam report. This post is written by Chi Nguyen, communications officer for ILRI in East and Southeast Asia (c.nguyen [at] cgiar.org). A report launched this week on managing risks to food safety in Vietnam was prepared by the World Bank…

Animal Diseases / China / Collaboration / East and Southeast Asia / Forages / ILRI / Livestock

ILRI and Chinese partners launch new livestock projects, review ongoing research collaboration

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A recent meeting (23 September 2016) between the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and ILRI further cemented the partnership between the two organizations when it reviewed five ongoing projects in China and launched three new ones. Continue reading →

South–South exchanges on One Health/EcoHealth: Capacity-building practices in India and Vietnam
AHH / Animal Diseases / East and Southeast Asia / EcoHealth / Emerging Diseases / ILRI / India / Livestock / South Asia / Zoonotic Diseases

South–South exchanges on One Health/EcoHealth: Capacity-building practices in India and Vietnam

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To promote One Health/EcoHealth mainstreaming in India, two scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently participated in two seminars in New Delhi to share their research experiences that can be useful for India’s efforts at mainstreaming One Health/EcoHealth capacity building in the country. Continue reading →

Asia / ASSP / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pakistan / Research / South Asia

June 2016 update on livestock activities in the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan

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The April-June 2016 issue of the AIP Newsletter – A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan reports on developments in the AIP-Livestock component led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in partnership with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Continue reading →

Asia / ASSP / Bihar / Goats / ILRI / India / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / Odisha / Research / Small Ruminants / South Asia / Uttar Pradesh

Huge potential in commercializing the smallholder goat sector in India

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According to a report undertaken by the International Livestock Research Institute report on ‘commercializing the smallholder goat sector in India’, there is huge potential to enhance the livelihoods of and business opportunities for poor farmers in the rural areas of the states of Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Continue reading →

AHH / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / India / Indigenous Breeds / Livestock / Nagaland / Pigs / PIL / South Asia / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

South–South cooperation on pig production: ILRI Vietnam holds study tour for India’s Nagaland officials

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Recently, ILRI researchers in Vietnam hosted officials of the Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry (V&AH) of the Government of Nagaland, India, in a week-long (12–18 June 2016) study tour of pig production systems in Vietnam.

The goal of the visit was to share learning and experiences of community-level pig breeding and service delivery systems and to learn about the operations of the pig value chain in Vietnam. The exchange would support knowledge exchange between the pig sector players in the two countries. Continue reading →