A hitherto disregarded vast group of farmers – those who farm both crops and livestock – hold the key to feeding the world in coming years. Most of the world's 'mixed' farmers are smallholders tending rice paddies or cultivating maize and beans while raising a few animals. An ILRI-led research re...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Tribute to the unsung heroes of small-scale food production]
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Tribute to the unsung heroes of small-scale food production
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Crop livestock integration project (CLiP): Improved productivity through crop-livestock interventions in eastern DR Congo and Burundi]
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Crop livestock integration project (CLiP): Improved productivity through crop-livestock interventions in eastern DR Congo and Burundi
This annual report addresses the partnerships that have enhanced ILRI's work at national, regional and international levels, highlighting three particularly inspiring ventures - poverty mapping in East Africa, the Crop-Animal Systems Research Network in Southeast Asia, and development of an impro...
Beneficiaries of the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program share how high-quality livestock fodder grasses such as Brachiaria is enabling them to double their cows’ daily milk production. More milk means more income to invest in viable enterprises. By supporting farmers with evidence...
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[Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya]
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Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya
A farmers story on how he uses 'Desho' grass as a feed for his livestock. He explains how climate change is affecting his crops, and how the highlands are getting hotter. He plans to plant more Desho grass to stop his livestock traveling to low lands thus protecting them from catching disease. Th...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Growing Desho grass to feed livestock in the Ethiopian Highlands]
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Growing Desho grass to feed livestock in the Ethiopian Highlands
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Africa RISING Ethiopia: Improving food security and farm incomes through sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems]
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Africa RISING Ethiopia: Improving food security and farm incomes through sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems
The role that partnership has played in enabling its global impacts is highlighted in this Report. ILRI collaborates with a wealth of institutions at national, regional and international levels. An example of partnership at each level is highlighted. The examples Reported are, 1) Poverty mapping ...
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[IPMS year 4 monitoring and evaluation report (2008/2009)]
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IPMS year 4 monitoring and evaluation report (2008/2009)