Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. ILRI is a partner in this new …
The AgriFood chain toolkit will act as a clearing house and learning platform. It will link the users of value chain resources to those who created them. It will support a community of practice drawing together researchers and practitioners to review, …
Jimmy Smith, director general of ILRI, highlighted the efforts of ICAR in the livestock sector and said he hoped for strengthening of research and development through collaborative initiatives. He said India’s ‘white revolution’ is led by demand …
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three projects supported by USAID as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. Over 4 years, to 2016, Africa RISING aims to c…
New ILRI scientist Jo Cadilhon reports on an international conference organized by CTA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ‘Making the connection: Value chains for transforming smallholder agriculture’ and field trips he took about an…
