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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times
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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red meat (by Kristy Modarelli) and an 8,000-year-old figure of an over-nourished individual (excavated from an archeological site in Turkey). A particularly sane, sensible and equitable news report—one that takes an uncommon global perspective about optimal…

ILRI and German partners conduct hands-on meat inspection training to improve pork safety in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
A4NH / Animal Diseases / Capacity Strengthening / ILRI / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI and German partners conduct hands-on meat inspection training to improve pork safety in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Fifty researchers from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia benefited from meat inspection training workshops by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and German partners from the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Free University of Berlin (FBU) in November and December 2018. Continue reading

ILRI’s training program on analytical veterinary epidemiology to better control diseases in India
A4NH / AHH / Disease Control / ILRI / India / South Asia

ILRI’s training program on analytical veterinary epidemiology to better control diseases in India

Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have trained more than 20 researchers from ICAR’s institutes, state agricultural universities and state animal husbandry departments on epidemiology concepts, data analysis and different frameworks for risk analysis and risk management that could improve disease control and prevention in … Continue reading

Senior Myanmar livestock official visits ILRI’s Nairobi headquarter to discuss possible research partnerships
ILRI / Myanmar / Partnerships / Southeast Asia

Senior Myanmar livestock official visits ILRI’s Nairobi headquarter to discuss possible research partnerships

Ye Tun Win, the head of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department in Myanmar’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI), discussed potential collaborative opportunities with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, in late November 2018. Continue reading

NIHE–ILRI agreement to deepen cooperation in research for development in Vietnam
Disease Control / EcoHealth / ILRI / MoU / Partnerships / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

NIHE–ILRI agreement to deepen cooperation in research for development in Vietnam

On 26 Nov 2018, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) of Vietnam and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) signed a memorandum of agreement that will pave way for deepening their collaboration in research for development. Continue reading