Category Archives: Asia

Asia / China / Crop-Livestock / Event / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRI / Intensification / Laos / Livestock / Thailand / Vietnam

CGIAR Humid Tropics research program plans for the Greater Mekong Region

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The Greater Mekong Region is currently experiencing social and environmental change quicker than almost anywhere else in the world.  Spanning south from Yunnan in South China  through Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, the region is an international hotspot for global diversity, poverty, and economic change, and  poses a distinct collection of social and … Continue reading →

Asia / Crop-Livestock / Dairying / ILRI / India / Interview / Pigs / Staff

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Rameswar Deka

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Each week on this blog, we meet International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. As a native of the state of Assam, Rameswar (Ram) Deka is better placed than most to be ILRI’s … Continue reading →

Asia / Crop-Livestock / Dairying / ILRI / India / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / Thailand / Vietnam

ILRI in Asia – May 2012 news update

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Vietnamese farmers with cattle fodder (photo credit: ILRI/Werner Stür). Just in case you missed recent announcements, here is a selection of  reports on our International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) activities in Asia from the last month. Close to a hundred dairy farmers recently gathered in Bihar, India for an ILRI-organized training session on better dairy … Continue reading →

Asia / Crop-Livestock / ILRI / India / Intensification / Interview / Staff

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Dhiraj Singh

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Each week on this blog, we meet ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. Originally from Bihar in eastern India, Dhiraj Singh has now lived in New Delhi for over a decade. Since joining the International Livestock … Continue reading →

A4NH / Agri-Health / Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / Pigs / Vietnam

Connecting pig smallholders from East Africa to Southeast Asia

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A stall owner watches over her pork and beef stock in a local wet market of Hanoi, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Andrew Nguyen). Researchers and development actors from the pig sectors of South East Asia and East Africa gathered last week in Hanoi to discuss new developments in managing food safety and biosecurity in the informal … Continue reading →

Asia / Goats / ILRI / India / Livestock / Nepal

ILRI in Asia – April 2012 news update

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Portrait of goat-keeping family in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand Just in case you missed recent announcements, here is a selection of  reports on our International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) activities in Asia. Petra Saghir and Jemimah Njuki of the Poverty, Gender and Impact team take a closer look at the role of women in agriculture … Continue reading →

Asia / ILRI / Indonesia / Interview / Staff / Zoonotic Diseases

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Rainer Asse

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Each week on this blog, we meet with ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. These days you’ll find Rainer Asse in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where he facilitates the Ecohealth Resource Centre located at the University of Gadjah … Continue reading →

Asia / Crop-Livestock / ILRI / India / Interview / South Asia / Staff

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Arindam Samaddar

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Each week on this blog, we will meet with ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. This week, Arindam Samaddar from our New Delhi office provides us with an anthropologist’s perspective on the Indian livestock sector. Prior … Continue reading →

Asia / Countries / ILRI / Interview / Laos / Livestock / Pigs / Small Ruminants / Staff / Zoonotic Diseases

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Jeff Gilbert

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Each week on this blog, we will meet with ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. Initially trained as a medic, Jeff  Gilbert has since reverted to his original career aspiration of being a veterinary epidemiologist. From … Continue reading →

Asia / ILRI / India / Interview / Livestock / Staff

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Padmakumar

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Each week on this blog, we will meet with ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. Based in New Delhi, India, but originally from the south-western coastal state of Kerala – Padmakumar, or as he simply prefers … Continue reading →