A4NH / East and Southeast Asia / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRI / Livelihoods / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Bringing home the bacon, a Vietnamese native pig-farming success story

Originally posted on VietPigs:
After buying six sows from ethnic minority villages in Vietnam in 2009, Nguyen Van Minh began raising native/indigenous pigs. Six years on, Nguyen, affectionately known as Mr Duc, had increased that number to 130 sows, and was supplying around 500 slaughter pigs annually to the market. His annual earnings had grown…

Agriculture / Asia / CGIAR / Collaboration / East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Partnerships / Regions / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI joins first CGIAR and MARD’s coordination meeting on enhancing agricultural research partnerships

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and CGIAR recently evaluated on-going research by CGIAR centres in the country and developed plans for further collaboration in agricultural research for development. Continue reading

ASSP / Feeds / Fodder / ILRI / India / LIVESTOCK-FISH / South Asia

Getting to the root of the problem: Feed and fodder interventions for Bihar’s dairy sector planned

Insufficient supply of feed and fodder for animals remains a problem for dairy farmers in India, particularly in the state of Bihar. Feed and fodder scarcity limits animal productivity of products such as meat and milk, resulting in reduced incomes especially for smallholder dairy farmers. Continue reading

A4NH / AHH / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Southeast Asia / Trade / Vietnam

Embracing opportunity: Vietnam’s livestock sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Livestock sector experts and stakeholders in Vietnam recently met to discuss the opportunities and challenges offered by the newly unveiled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade agreements and their likely effects on the country’s livestock industry. Continue reading

Dairying / ILRI / India / LIVESTOCK-FISH / South Asia / Value Chains

Taking stock and looking ahead: Livestock and Fish further develops dairy value chain work in India

The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish recently reviewed its current projects and activities in India and set plans for 2016 and beyond.

At a review and planning meeting held 24-26 September 2015 at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi City in Uttar Pradesh, progress of the Livestock and Fish dairy value chain work in India was assessed. Continue reading

Collaboration / ILRI / Partnerships / Regions / Research / South Asia

Renewed ILRI and Indian Council of Agricultural Research collaboration to focus on food and nutritional security in India

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) recently discussed new areas of collaboration in India as part of a renewed research partnership between the two organizations. Continue reading

Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York
CGIAR / ILRI / Research / SDG

Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Figure of a woman, pre-dynastic Egypt, 3500–3400 BCE (Brooklyn Museum). Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ¶ The 17 global goals which you have supported the creation of are an unrivalled span of human aspiration covering everything from sharing prosperity, to protecting…

East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Partnerships / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI partner celebrates ten years of agricultural policy engagement work in Vietnam

On 9 September 2015, the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), a research institute under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and one of the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) partners in the country, celebrated 10 years of policy-related research in agriculture and rural development. Continue reading

Crop Residues / Crop-Livestock / East and Southeast Asia / Feeds / Fodder / ILRI / Indonesia / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / Southeast Asia

Indonesia project to improve smallholder farmer access to fodder markets

A new project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) that will improve marketing and access to livestock fodder for Indonesia’s smallholder farmers has officially begun. Continue reading