Sustained improvements in food safety often depend not on one-off interventions, but on whether local users and institutions ...

In a major advance for livestock and climate science in the region, scientists at ILRI's Mazingira Centre have directly measured enteric methane emissions and feed intake of free-grazing pastoral ...

In Madagascar, the Gendered Feed Assessment Tool (G-FEAST) offered a fresh way to work with local institutions and farmers. We did not begin with a checklist of interventions; we began with questions: ...

In May 2024, 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 are in, ...

There is a pervasive problem amongst Africa’s ruminant livestock which is being overlooked. Grazing animals are often infected by gut nematodes—parasitic worms which live in the digestive system, ...

The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development (FMLD) has received the results of a comprehensive Livestock Sector Analysis (LSA) and an investment-focused Livestock Sector Strategy (LSS), two key ...

Plum Island Animal Disease Centre NY-USA & Nairobi, Kenya – An international team of scientists has found that a promising African swine fever (ASF) vaccine can protect pigs against some strains of ...

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Ethiopia’s livestock and fisheries sub-sectors represent some of the most promising, yet underutilized, engines of economic growth in the country. With the largest livestock population in Africa ...

A young Borana woman with her goats, Borana, Ethiopia. Photo credit: ILRI/ Zerihun Sewunet In many parts of rural Ethiopia, livestock are more than just a source of food or income, and they are a ...

From de-risking pastoral livelihood systems to community-led restoration, researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will present a diverse set of insights at the 2025 ...

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are working together to develop forages to improve the genetic potential of livestock animals in sub-Saharan ...