Scientists in Kenya have launched research of a vaccine to be used against African swine fever. The study is still at an early stage where scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are identifying antigens and best-bet deliver…
Mobility to unlock scattered food, feed, water and other scarce resources is a human strategy as old as humankind itself—and one that remains key for pastoral livestock herders the world over. As the world warms and its natural resources become ever …
This Brief outlines how a group of scientists at ILRI reviewed some elements of the complex relationship between livestock and climate change in developing countries with a forward-looking approach.
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health has published a report of a meeting held on 3-4 September 2012 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to plan activities on mycotoxin research by five CGIAR centres: C…
Among largely agrarian economies, which are home to the majority of the world’s poor, livestock are an integral part of smallholder crop-livestock farming systems. There is thus much greater scope for investment in livestock sector development for po…
