Developing-country farmers to benefit from new foot-and-mouth disease ‘road map’
A major new report launched today charts a pathway towards the effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in developing countries where the disease is a serious and growing threat. The report,...
View ArticleLivestock in India: New publications
ILRI has produced two new publications on livestock in India focusing on their role in poverty alleviation and opportunities and challenges for smallholder livestock producers In India,...
View ArticleIndian Council of Agricultural Research awards dairy project
'Team research for the Biennium 2005-6' On 16 July 2008, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi awarded its ‘Team Research for the Biennium (2005–6)’ to Abraham K Joseph...
View ArticleUS$32-million joint initiative to boost food production in sub-Saharan Africa...
Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, like this woman in Malawi, will benefit from a US$32 million initiative that is supporting research to boost production of vital food crops (photo credit:...
View ArticleFood-feed crops research: A synthesis
In December 2010, a special issue of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology focuses on the fodder quality of crop residues and how this can be improved through the close collaboration of crop and...
View ArticleTransformation of life and livelihood: The success story of Manpai Konyak,...
Manpai Konyak with his sow in Lampongsheanghah Village, Mon District, Nagaland, India (image credit: ILRI/Ram Deka). Manpai Konyak, a 52-year-old married father of six children, attended elementary...
View ArticleIndia’s booming livestock sector: On the cusp?–Or on a knife edge?
On 4 Nov 2012, an ILRI delegation of 28 visited the village of Araipura, in the Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana, where they held discussions with dairy farm families. Above are ILRI’s...
View ArticleThe livestock boom in India: Pathways to an increasingly profitable, pro-poor...
India, already the world’s biggest milk producer and beef exporter (mostly water buffalo), is investing in research to ensure that its poorest people reap increasing benefits from raising farm animals...
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