With funds from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with Wollo University, Sirinka Agricultural Research Center, Woreilu Wereda Agricultural Office and …
What do you have when you combine conservation and agriculture together? A recipe for success, say a trio of experts – Emile Frison of Bioversity International, Cristián Samper of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Ken Wilson of The Christens…
“Operation Flood in Gujarat is one of the lessons we have learnt from India. The country can teach the world how to connect the small farmers with the market so that they can increase their incomes and quality of life,” ILRI Director General Ji…
Peter Greste, a journalist with Al Jazeera, recently accompanied veterinary epidemiologist and food safety expert Delia Grace to the slums of Nairobi, to take a first-hand look at ‘urban farming’, livestock farming in particular. Grace works for IL…
A new study by the CGIAR Consortium’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) suggests that millet production might increase to help compensate for 13 to 20 percent declines in wheat, rice and maize production caused by climate change o…
