Mbeya, Tanzania. Dairy farmer 2019 Lukas Mwakalibwa sees his cows become healthier and produce up to 60% more milk after he adopts better husbandry and cattle feeding practices. Lukas is one of thousands of dairy farmers to reap the benefits from good herd management training under ILRI-led Afric...
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[Tapping into the productivity potential of dairy cows in smallholder farmers in Tanzania]
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Tapping into the productivity potential of dairy cows in smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Mbeya, Tanzania. After regularly providing his cows with adequate shelter and high quality balanced feed, Abel Mwandemange sees milk production in his cows significantly increase. Abel is one of thousands of dairy farmers in Tanzania who received good husbandry and feed training under ILRI-led Af...
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[Raising dairy productivity in Tanzania through better husbandry and feed]
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Raising dairy productivity in Tanzania through better husbandry and feed
Mbeya, Tanzania. Meet Lukas Mwambona and his bull, Mkombozi. Through genetics and data gathering, Mkombozi has been identified as one the country's top productive and environmentally resilient bulls under the African Dairy Genetic Gains (ADGG) program of ILRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Liv...
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[Super bull Mkombozi a symbol of high potential growth for Tanzania dairy]
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Super bull Mkombozi a symbol of high potential growth for Tanzania dairy
At ILRI's Mazingira Centre, a protocol has been developed that has been used to derive the first accurate Tier 2 emission factors for smallholder livestock systems in Africa. The research is informing ways of reducing emissions per kilogram of milk and meat produced by improving the productivity ...
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[Why livestock greenhouse gas emissions matter in Africa]
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Why livestock greenhouse gas emissions matter in Africa
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[Improving collaboration between research and the private sector to accelerate livestock innovation for sustainability into use]
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Improving collaboration between research and the private sector to accelerate livestock innovation for sustainability into use
This document is divided in eight parts, viz, global framework; background; ILRI-CIP; natural resource management; operational framework; issues and themes; integrating results at farm level, and reference. The first part presents the Earth Summit's agenda for change-chapter 13 of agenda 21. The ...
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International Potato Center
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[Livestock ecoregional research in the Andean Region]
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Livestock ecoregional research in the Andean Region
From ancient times people have depended on domesticated animals and the crops needed to feed them. But modern pressures are destroying ancient breeds whose irreplaceable genes are a unique resource in an uncertain world. These three films (length about 12 minutes) outlines the issues and suggest ...
This video documents how a 2005 alliance between the local government office of agriculture, the IPMS project, and local livestock farmers and traders in western Ethiopia took advantage of livestock market opportunities in neighbouring Sudan. Through dialogue with local actors, the team worked ou...
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[Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia—The Metema story]
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Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia—The Metema story
This paper focuses on emerging and developing nations. It argues that making use of the great diversity of livestock systems along with “enablers for transformation” creates opportunities to translate today’s rapid growth in demand for livestock-derived foods into rapid progress in sustainable an...
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[Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond]
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Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond