Speaking at the December 2009 SLP meeting in Addis Ababa, Michael Peters (CIAT), introduces a project in Nicaragua to study tradeoffs between using specific forage plants either as feeds for animals or for soil improvement and soil fertility maintenance. The project explores three issues: feed fo...
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[From 'no-win' to 'win-win' - managing the tradeoffs between forages as feeds or for soil improvement]
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From 'no-win' to 'win-win' - managing the tradeoffs between forages as feeds or for soil improvement
This short documentary shows how current environmental and climatic changes, combine with population increase, to trigger both new and old diseases among people and their animals. In 2009, 200 experts from across Africa joined in search of a solution. Viewers will be given a taste of the challe...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Uniting climate and disease research to improve health in poor regions]
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Uniting climate and disease research to improve health in poor regions
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Community control of trypanosomosis in Ethiopia: introduction]
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Community control of trypanosomosis in Ethiopia: introduction
Brian Perry in conversation with Peter Jeffries, Sarah Jackson and Azage Tegegne. 'Hard talk' at the ILRI@40 Conference: Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6–7 November 2014.
International Livestock Research Institute
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[ILRI 40 years hard talk: Connecting agricultural science to sustainable development]
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ILRI 40 years hard talk: Connecting agricultural science to sustainable development
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Impact of CGIAR Mega Programs ‘on the ground’ requires development and policy partnerships]
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Impact of CGIAR Mega Programs ‘on the ground’ requires development and policy partnerships
Livestock research has the greatest impact when delivered to the village in forms that can be used on the ground; to achieve this, the research needs to be done in partnership with the end users.
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Delivering livestock research that makes a difference]
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Delivering livestock research that makes a difference
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...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[An instructional design process to optimize use of the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST)]
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An instructional design process to optimize use of the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST)
Les éleveurs en Afrique de l'Ouest dépendent largement sur le traitement de leur bétail par des médicaments pour les protéger contre la trypanosomose, mais la résistance contre ces médicaments a émergé dans plusieurs endroits. Ce film décrit de bonnes pratiques pour améliorer l'utilisation de ces...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[La lutte communautaire intégrée de la Trypanosomose chez les bovins]
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La lutte communautaire intégrée de la Trypanosomose chez les bovins
With a population that has increased five-fold in the last 50 years, Uganda needs to invest in new ways to produce more food from shrinking available land and natural resources. Recently, there has been a move away from maize which is not indigenous to the region and consumes large amounts of wat...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population]
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Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population
On 5 November 2010, David Collins, Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya spoke at the official Launch of the Biosciences eastern and Central Africa (BecA) Hub. Representing the founding funder of the Hub, he noted that BecA is conducting important research that will help address key agricultural is...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[BecA has a key role for Africa to drive its own agricultural research agenda]
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BecA has a key role for Africa to drive its own agricultural research agenda