Our land, our animals: Herding in Kenya’s Kitengela rangelands ILRI Nickson Parmisa, a resident of Kitengela just outside Nairobi in Kenya, talks about the challenges of livestock herding in the face of climate change.
Resilient, disease-resistant,’ancient’ cattle are among the African breeds at risk of extinction as imported animals supplant valuable native livestock on the continent. Urgent action is needed to stop the rapid and alarming loss of genetic…
Herding livelihoods in transition: Kenya’s Kitengela Olmakao Cultural Village ILRI This is the story of a group of women from the Kitengela rangelands area, which boarders the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, who have come together to form the Olmakao …
This photofilm describes the work and expected impact of the ILRI-Wellcome Trust ‘People Animals and Their Zoonoses Project’ that is investigating the impact of disease pathogens in people and animals in Busia district in western Kenya.
‘The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural research for development’, slide presentation made by ILRI director general Jimmy Smith in Dec 2011.
