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ILRI forages to the fore: ILRI talks ‘Napier’ (aka elephant grass) at KARI...
Story by Alexandra Jorge Alexandra Jorge, the ILRI genebank manager, with a visitor at the the ILRI stand at KARI in Nairobi on 22 Oct 2012 (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Last week (22–24 Oct...
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Policy and knowledge needed to boost forage seed production
By Asebe Abdena, Forage seed production officer at ILRI, Debre Zeit Centre An improved policy environment coupled with adequate knowledge brokering are necessary if improved feed and forest seed...
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ILRI forage genebank in the spotlight
ILRI scientist Alexandra Jorge reports that she just returned from a series of marathon events that were very important and relevant to the ILRI forage genebank in Addis Ababa. Here she shares her...
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Understanding the water footprint of livestock products
The amount of water in your beef depends where the animal was reared. As such, blanket condemnation of livestock products because they consume a lot of water and are therefore environment unfriendly...
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Celebrating achievement: Julie Ojango and Tadelle Dessie promoted
Julie and Tadelle cut the cake marking their promotions announced on the same day. Both were employed by ILRI in the same year, 2006. Photo by: Grum Gebreyesus(ILRI) Two researchers in the Animal...
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Smallholders could feed Africa more efficiently
The ‘hairless’ , native and worm-resistant red Maasai sheep of East Africa. ILRI scientists are testing them for greater yields (photo credit: ILRI). What are the options for sustainable...
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Solution in sight for maize streak virus disease
A maize leaf diseased with maize streak virus disease (MSVD). The disease causes great loss to farmers (photo credit agweb.com) Small holder farmers in high density areas of Kenya can now heave a sigh...
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Improved Cattle Feed Provides New Business Opportunities for Farmers in India
Strong demand for milk in Bihar Province, India, for direct human consumption and for vital nutrients for the community, has provided an opportunity for one farmer to venture in business. The...
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Simulation of small ruminant system productivity in the humid tropics of...
Evaluation of lifetime productivity of an individual animal in response to target interventions for improving the productivity of smallholder livestock systems in the humid tropics of West Africa is...
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Piloting climate-adaptive forage seed systems in Ethiopia – results from the...
Farmer training, increased seed production and business model implementation are essential to the creation of a profitable and sustainable forage seed industry. A recent poster of the International...
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