This digital story was produced to communicate work done by the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC), specifically activities undertaken by the team working on 'Technologies, Institutions and Policies'. The NBDC aimed to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the Ethiopian highlands through lan...
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[NBDC experiences with fodder development in Diga, Ethiopia]
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NBDC experiences with fodder development in Diga, Ethiopia
Grain legumes are particularly attractive to low input systems of agriculture because they take inert nitrogen from the air and (through root nodule bacteria known as rhizobia) transform it into proteins in a process that leaves no carbon footprint. The N2Africa project is delivering inoculant te...
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[Improving legume yield through inoculant technology and partnership]
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Improving legume yield through inoculant technology and partnership
This video was planned, filmed and edited by a group of twelve farmers from three kebeles in Fogera woreda in Amhara region of Ethiopia. Gareth Benest from InsightShare, and Beth Cullen and Aberra Adie from ILRI, facilitated the participatory video training which took place between the 12th and 2...
The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) was created by CIAT and ILRI, with contributions over time from many other partners and users of the tool. It is a systematic method to assess local feed resource availability and use. This film is one of two that explain a FEAST learning initiative by ILRI and pa...
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[The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) instructional design process]
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The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) instructional design process
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
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) is working with Ethiopian farmers to explore options for irrigating fodder that supports enhanced livestock production.
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[MilkIT: Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India through feed innovation]
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MilkIT: Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India through feed innovation
This film highlights ILRI's work in helping smallholder farmers increase forage production in the Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legume Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) Program sites in Ethiopia.
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[Scaling up forage varieties in SIMLESA Ethiopia sites]
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Scaling up forage varieties in SIMLESA Ethiopia sites
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
In January 2018, the Rangelands Association of Kenya and ILRI partnered to host the Rangeland Communities Exchange Conference. ILRI’s support to the conference was undertaken through the 'Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: Taking suc...
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[Rangelands Communities Exchange Conference: Community resource management in Kenyan rangelands]
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Rangelands Communities Exchange Conference: Community resource management in Kenyan rangelands