‘Livestock and resource use in the context of climate change’, presentation by Andy Jarvis to the Livestock Donor Agency Group in Washington DC, 2012. Other authors of this presentation are C Peterson, P Thornton, P Ericksen, M Herrero and…
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A new global alliance for a safer, fairer and more sustainable livestock sector
‘A new global alliance for a safer, fairer and more sustainable livestock sector’, joint communique by AU/IBAR, ASEAN, BMGF, FAO, IFAD, ILRI, OIE and World Bank, Apr 2012.

Planet under pressure / Where’s the beef?
Conspicuous by its absence at the recent Planet Under Pressure conference in London (26–29 Mar 2012) was the topic of livestock production, e.g., that some 1.3 billion people rely on livestock for their livelihoods, or that nearly 1 billion people ar…

To market, to market–but where is the market? Jimmy Smith and Namanga Ngongi say agricultural markets could be the engines of Africa’s development
ILRI and AGRA recently released a book of case studies illustrating ‘high- payoff/low-cost’ initiatives that could help avoid future African food crises. Jimmy Smith, director general of ILRI, and Namanga Ngongi, president of AGRA, argue in a joint…

Planet under pressure / Livestock under the radar
A visit to the following online pinboards will allow you to drill down among several livestock topics, with links to original articles: Big-picture agriculture Global livestock agenda Livestock and food security Livestock and climate change Livestock i…
