Lucas Brouwers, in a blog on Scientific American, has picked up on an interesting genetics study conducted at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi, Kenya, which targets a cattle disease known as contagious bovine pleuropne…
An article in the New Yorker this month explores our (risky) options for ‘geoengineering’ our ways out of climate change.
Tajeu: The boy born into drought ILRI This story tells of the hopes of a Maasai pastoralist from Kenya’s Kitengela rangelands and his dreams for his son Tajeu, who was born during a devastating drought.
Dear Colleague I am contacting you to request your assistance in developing a new strategy for the International Livestock Research…
Human development and biodiversity will not be the only focus of the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June, for which representatives of hundreds of states and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will gather to discuss sustainable development.
