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Leveraging instructional design and learning theories to improve livestock...
At this week’s international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Iddo Dror presented a poster on ways that ILRI is leveraging...
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Solution-oriented action research: Scaling MilkIT dairy feed innovations in...
During the December 2014 MilkIT project (Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches) workshops in Tanzania, we caught up with...
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Fostering convergence and technology adoption: Scaling MilkIT dairy feed...
During the December 2014 MilkIT project (Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches) workshops in Tanzania, we caught up with...
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FEAST – how it helped a feed innovation project with engagement, intervention...
Women farmers discussing their problems, Kolseer village, Uttarakhand In December 2014, the IFAD-financed MilkIT project (Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation...
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Leveraging instructional design and learning theories to improve livestock...
At this week’s international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Iddo Dror presented a poster on ways that ILRI is leveraging...
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Solution-oriented action research: Scaling MilkIT dairy feed innovations in...
During the December 2014 MilkIT project (Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches) workshops in Tanzania, we caught up with...
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Fostering convergence and technology adoption: Scaling MilkIT dairy feed...
During the December 2014 MilkIT project (Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches) workshops in Tanzania, we caught up with...
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Assessing the environmental performance of animal feed supply chains
ILRI scientists Ben Lukuyu was part of the team that produced a set of draft guidelines to assess the environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains. The methodology developed in these draft...
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Doing feed assessments with FEAST: Why, what, when and where
On 22 May 2015, the updated FEAST data application and e-Learning course were launched in Addis Ababa. Organizations like the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) regularly develop...
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Innovation platforms to improve smallholder dairying in India and Tanzania
Generating impact at scale has become a mantra for agricultural research for development projects in recent years. Donors want projects to reach not just hundreds, but hundreds of thousands of...
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Dairy development in Tanzania with local innovation platforms: When and how...
Farmers and livestock keepers in Tanzania face a range of problems, including feed shortages, land tenure issues,animal health and milk and meat marketing. Most dairy producers find it hard to obtain...
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Nutritional value of feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda
In Uganda, smallholder pig farmers report that feeding management is an important production constraint. Feed scarcity, high cost, seasonal variations in feed quality and availability, food competition...
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Modeling forage intercropping and best bets for farmers in Tanzania
Farmers in East Africa could increase their yields and simultaneously build richer soil in a sustainable way by adopting intensive farming practices. But, knowledge about which farming practices are...
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Enhancing livestock productivity through feed and feeding interventions in...
The majority of smallholders in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa who raise both crops and livestock keep dairy animals. Milk is an important commodity in both India and Tanzania, and rising demand,...
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ILRI showcases cassava peel processing innovation at global technologies...
Mechanized sieve for separating mash into fine and coarse fractions (photo credit: ILRI/Iheanacho Okike). With 60% of the world’s arable land, Africa has the potential to not only feed itself, but also...
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Feeding pigs roots, tubers and bananas in Uganda
Sweetpotato, banana and other root and tuber ‘residues’, such as vines, leaves and peels are often fed to pigs in Uganda, but could be utilized much better. A recent study of ‘Perceptions and practices...
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Assessing the environmental performance of animal feed supply chains
ILRI scientists Ben Lukuyu was part of the team that produced a set of draft guidelines to assess the environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains. The methodology developed in these draft...
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Least-cost rations for sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and...
Sheep fattening is an increasingly important economic activity in the West African Sahel, particularly in and around Tabaski, the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Kabir. The low level of initial investment,...
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Improving livestock production and productivity: the potential of Napier grass
For better livestock production and productivity, it is essential to assess the genetic diversity of the food which is fed to livestock. One of the main food sources for livestock in East Africa is...
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Working out how to improve livestock feeding: The FEAST feed assessment tool
The milkIT (enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation) project aimed to contribute to improved dairy-derived livelihoods in India and Tanzania via intensification...
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