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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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The German Federal Government supports Kenya’s efforts for COVID-19 testing
18.05.20-
Health
Scientists preparing samples in ILRI’s Biosafety Level III facilities at it’s Nairobi laboratori…
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The good and not-so-good news about the state of COVID-19 vaccine development: A primer from ILRI
16.05.20-
Health
Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), holds a week…
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East African dairy under COVID-19: How is this vibrant sub-sector faring? Join us for a webinar 28 May
12.05.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Albertina is business savy. Domingos has a knack for operations— together this husband and wife…
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Garlic—A potent (if pungent) ‘Gas X’ methane reducer for cows?
02.05.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Dairy cow in Embu, Kwnya (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Cattle produce more methane than many…
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Expert review examines impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health in sub-Saharan Africa
24.04.20-
Health
A new review paper published in the journal Toxins (April 2020) describes the major mycotoxins,…
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ILRI’s response to the pandemic: A deepening engagement with the press and policymakers
19.04.20-
Health
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is launching an initiative to share, as broadl…
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ILRI computing capacity made available to COVID-19 vaccine developers
15.04.20-
Health
While the International Livestock Research Institute campuses in Nairobi and Addis Ababa are unchara…
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Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre
15.04.20-
Nutrition
A cattle keeper in Laos gives her cow salt (photo credit: ILRI Stevie Mann). ‘People…
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Disease outbreaks linked to degraded ecosystems: A problem ALL of us are driving and ALL of us need to solve
14.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Kenya’s wildlife-rich rangelands with cattle and wildlife (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). ‘W…
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Lessons on tackling the growing risk of emerging infectious diseases in Africa
08.04.20-
Health
As part of a new blog series on COVID-19, scientists from the International Food Policy…
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Africa’s growing risk of diseases that spread from animals to people
08.04.20-
Health
The outbreak of COVID-19 is a rude awakening to many who believed the era of…
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From sledgehammer to scalpel: Scientists say a ‘moonshot effort’ is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic
31.03.20-
Health
Earthrise, as seen from Apollo 8, Dec 1968 (photo credit: astronaut William Anders). Scientists say…
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Vaccines against this year’s novel (and world-changing) coronavirus are already in development and being tested—Good news from Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty
25.03.20-
Health
Positive news! While some COVID-19 surges are now ‘baked-in’, and we must prepare ourselves for…
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Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the environment
25.03.20-
Health
The International Livestock Research Institute is working on two new research projects in rangeland …
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New study explores the benefits of a One Health approach to investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam
22.03.20-
Health
In Vietnam, antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health settings poses a significant threat,…
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What keeps Bill Gates up at night? A (highly prescient) 2015 article spells out our COVID-19 challenges today
08.03.20Bill Gates (photo credit: Marcos Fuentes via Flickr). What keeps Bill Gates up at night?…
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On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises
07.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…
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Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video
06.03.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…
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