At a recent workshop discussing the design of a new research project on the sustainable intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia, we asked Tsedeke Abate from ICRISAT about the workshop. He emphasized the collaboration among the CGIAR centers: "No one institution can do it alo...
Abate, T.
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[No one institution can do it alone - CGIAR centers join forces to sustain agricultural productivity]
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No one institution can do it alone - CGIAR centers join forces to sustain agricultural productivity
The video starts with a geographic discription of Sichuan, a town located in South East China. Sichuan is a major pig producer in China. Pig here is mostly raised in backyard crop-livestock smallholder systems with sweet potato as one of the major crops. Sweet potato is widely planted in this are...
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
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...
International Livestock Research Institute
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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
At a recent workshop discussing the design of a new research project on the sustainable intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia, we asked Jerry Glover from USAID's Office of Agricultural Research and Policy to tell us more about the project. The project is intended to intens...
Glover, Jerry
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[Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa]
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Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa
This photofilm reports from Africa RISING activities in Ethiopia to transform agricultural systems through sustainable intensification. It explains how a farmer cooperative in Endamehoni woreds organized itself to produce and distribute seed potatoes..
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Supporting community based seed potato multiplication in Ethiopia]
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Supporting community based seed potato multiplication in Ethiopia
The Africa RISING program (http://africa-rising.net) comprises three linked research-for-development projects, funded by the USAID Feed the Future Initiative. To produce some short-term outputs and to support the longer term objectives of the projects, in 2012 Africa RISING funded several small, ...
Duncan, Alan J.
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Valbuena, Diego
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[Africa-RISING early win project - Testing participatory assessment tools for crop-livestock production in Ethiopia]
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Africa-RISING early win project - Testing participatory assessment tools for crop-livestock production in Ethiopia
This Other contains a 10 minutes film showing ILI's work in 2006. Topics included are - climate change; livestock market information systems; pastoralism; land use map; farmers income; collaborative project to enhance crop livestock productivity; small scale and large scale dairy industries; bre...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[ILRI at work 2006. Snapshots of ILRI's work in the field, conference room and laboratory over the past year. 10 minute documentary]
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ILRI at work 2006. Snapshots of ILRI's work in the field, conference room and laboratory over the past year. 10 minute documentary
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[ILRI transforming cassava peels into livestock feed using existing garri-making processes]
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ILRI transforming cassava peels into livestock feed using existing garri-making processes