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Livestock trypanosomiasis harms rural family incomes as well as Africa's economic development as a whole. In 2010, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners started a research project to breed cattle resistant to the disease. This film tells the story of the project, the ...

The imGoats project (imgoats.org) seeks to investigate how best goat value chains can be used to increase food security and reduce poverty among smallholders in India and Mozambique. Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Research (IFAD), the project is led by researchers from the Inte...

For the November 2011 'liveSTOCK Exchange' event at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Purvi Mehta, reflects on ILRI's capacity strengthening activities.

A family explains how they use 'Desho' grass as a feed for their livestock and the challenges they have during the dry season. They practice cut and carry system by keeping their cattle in the compound which lets them have sufficient fodder during the dry season. The photo film is produced by the...

Yimer Haile plants an improved field pea on his land and explains the difference between the improved and the previous one. He says the improved pea is very nice, drought and disease resistant, colorful and high yielding. The photo film is produced by the project on “Enhancing communities’ adapti...

Water harvesting is one way that farmers can deal with climate-change induced water scarcity in Ethiopia. Here community members explain how this technology is used by households to grow high value crops when the rainy season is over. The photo film is produced by the project on “Enhancing commun...

In October 2011, project partners and team members in the Nile Basin Development Challenge (http://www.nilebdc.org) met in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia to reflect on project progress and directions. Here, Fantahun Mengistu, Director of the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), shares so...