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Better feed for cows benefits dairy farmers in India and Tanzania
The work of the MilkIT project to enhance dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches was recently reported in IFAD’s 2016 annual report...
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Better livestock feeding to increase productivity and boost food security in...
A focus group discussion exercise on the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) at Mmora village in Kadewere in Malawi’s Chiradzulu District on 8 Nov 2018 (photo credit: ILRI). A new research-for-development...
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The availability of sufficient and adequate feed is one of the most significant constraints to livestock productivity in the tropics. It is an enormous challenge that requires innovation and concerted...
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New studies provide the first accurate estimates of greenhouse gas emissions...
ILRI Clippings ILRI scientist John Goopy describes ILRI’s Mazingira Centre research on livestock and greenhouse gas emissions to ILRI partners at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,...
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Desho and Napier grasses help Ethiopian farmers produce year-round forage
In Doyogena, Ethiopia, Muluneh has planted Desho grass to conserve soil and feeds his sheep (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). The seventh edition of the Forages for the Future newsletter published...
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Animal nutrition approaches to profitable livestock farming and sustainable...
A smallholder livestock farmer in India. Animal feeding and nutrition deserves greater attention as a critical discipline in addressing the environmental impacts of animal-sourced foods production...
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FeedLink – to link fodder surplus-deficit regions
Innovation that helped to convert wasteland grass into enriched silage after value addition and densification. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of the CGIAR partners of the...
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New insights into the diversity of Napier grass: More productivity in fully...
ILRI news Napier grass growing in the ILRI field gene bank in Ziway, Ethiopia (photo credit: Shawn Landersz/Global Crop Diversity Trust). Napier grass commonly referred to as elephant grass, or Uganda...
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The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) – new developments
G-FEAST – a gendered version of FEAST Feeding cows; Tana River watershed, Kenya; Credit Georgina Smith CIAT Feeding livestock involves multiple tasks including planting, weeding and harvesting of...
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Adding value to livestock feed assessment data: FEAST global data repository...
(Photo credit: ILRI/Alan Duncan) The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) has been widely applied across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia as a way to support improved livestock feed interventions among...
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