Animal Source Foods such as milk, meat and eggs are essential for human nutrition. Demand is increasing and this offers multiple opportunities for livestock producers. However, sustainable productivity and efficiency gains are needed, addressing both seasonal and inter-annual variation. Feed is a...
Peters, Michael
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Jones, Christopher S.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Castiblanco, V.
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Ohmstedt, U.
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Rüdiger, U.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Burkart, Stefan
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[Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program]
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Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
Despite the profound livestock importance in eastern Africa, livestock productivity remains low attributable to a number of challenges. One of the major drawbacks is lack of quality feeds and forages. This results in poor animal performance and suboptimal use of resources. Intertwined with this l...
Mwendia, Solomon W.
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Ohmstedt, U.
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Karanja, S.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Peters, Michael
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Jones, Christopher S.
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[Forage seed systems in eastern Africa: Challenges and opportunities]
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Forage seed systems in eastern Africa: Challenges and opportunities
Some 20 million livestock keepers in the Horn of Africa are threatened by increasingly frequent and severe droughts. These have eroded the pastoralists’ adaptive capacity and resilience to such an extent that almost every drought now results in a humanitarian crisis. A CTA-led project, Enhancing ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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[CLI-MARK: Weather forecasts, insurance and markets]
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CLI-MARK: Weather forecasts, insurance and markets
Carriazo, Fernando
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Labarta, Ricardo
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Escobedo, Francisco J.
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[Incentivizing sustainable rangeland practices and policies in Colombia’s Orinoco region]
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Incentivizing sustainable rangeland practices and policies in Colombia’s Orinoco region
Background
Brucella spp. is a zoonotic bacterial agent of high public health and socio-economic importance. It infects many species of animals including wildlife, and people may get exposed through direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of raw or undercooked animal products. A link...
Kairu-Wanyoike, S.
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Nyamwaya, D.
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Wainaina, M.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Ontiri, E.
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Bukachi, S.
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Njeru, I.
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Karanja, J.
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Sang, R.
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Grace, Delia
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Positive association between Brucella spp. seroprevalences in livestock and humans from a cross-sectional study in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya]
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Positive association between Brucella spp. seroprevalences in livestock and humans from a cross-sectional study in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya
Alonso, Silvia
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Iannotti, Lora L.
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Domínguez-Salas, Paula
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[First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor]
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First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor
Wamwere-Njoroge, George J.
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Long’or, Benson
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Kihara, Absolomon
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system for early detection and control of livestock diseases]
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Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system for early detection and control of livestock diseases
The sustainable intensification of African agriculture is gaining momentum with the compelling need to increase food and agricultural production. In Southern Africa, smallholder farming systems are predominately maize-based and subject to erratic climatic conditions. Farmer crop and soil manageme...
Mungai, L.M.
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Snapp, Sieglinde S.
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Messina, J.P.
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Chikowo, R.
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Smith, A.
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Anders, E.
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Richardson, R.B.
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Li, G.
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[Smallholder farms and the potential for sustainable intensification]
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Smallholder farms and the potential for sustainable intensification
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Participación del CIAT en la Mesa de Ganadería Sostenible (MGS) de Colombia]
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Participación del CIAT en la Mesa de Ganadería Sostenible (MGS) de Colombia
Omore, Amos O.
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[Accelerating uptake of research on sustainable livestock interventions—Insights from the Livestock CRP]
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Accelerating uptake of research on sustainable livestock interventions—Insights from the Livestock CRP