The high-level meeting at UNEA-7 brought together policymakers, scientists, farmers, pastoralists, and private-sector leaders to discuss how to turn innovation into real impact for climate-resilient land, water, and food systems.
In an effort to digitalize livestock research and knowledge dissemination, ILRI has developed a new AI-powered chatbot that provides instant, evidence-based answers to animal health questions.
Education, Seeds, and Women’s Leadership in Action.
Experts from Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania joined the workshop, organized by ILRI, on geospatial assessment of livestock vulnerability in Eastern Africa, aiming to design a framework to map, anticipate, and respond to escalating climate risks.
The HEAL project selected twelve Community Rangeland Health Workers (CRHWs) from Somali and Oromia, and trained and integrated them into existing OHUs, in order to provide coordinated services at the community level.
In May 2024, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners shared news of the first drone flights over rangeland animals in Africa to test whether this technology could help measure livestock methane. Now, the results have been published, and they show that drones deliver accurate, reliable methane measurements. Ruminant livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, and camels produce methane
In Bomet County, Kenya, where agricultural traditions run deep, two families and their farms are redefining what it means to farm with resilience and purpose. The two farms belong to Thomas and Emily Yebei from Rongena village and Richard and Nancy Koske from Leldaet village. Their holdings, though modest in size, have become living classrooms where adaptation, innovation, and community
In northern Vietnam, Thai Nguyen province has become one of the most active hubs for advancing the One Health approach, connecting human, animal, and environment health through education, research, and practice at the grassroots. Over the past decade, Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry have worked closely with the Vietnam One