‘Uber for livestock’ transforming Kenya’s pastoral economy
Ibrahim Ahmed and Abdirahman Abdullahi are two childhood friends who grew up watching their nomadic families in Wajir, northern Kenya lose cattle to droughts…
Livestock
Breeding climate-smart livestock
ILRI’s new initiative blends science and tradition to breed low-methane, high-performance cows. PHOTO CREDIT: ILRIBreeding climate-smart livestockBy Murimi Gitari Download PDFThe International Livestock Research…
Kenya Dairy Board, ILRI partner to unlock value for smallholders
Dr Kimutai Maritim, the acting managing director of KDB, and the ILRI Director-General, Prof Appolinaire Djikeng, signing the MoU at the ILRI offices in…
Researchers push for regiontailored vaccines to tackle African Swine Fever
In recent years, ASF outbreaks have devastated pig populations in Africa, Asia and Europe. PHOTO CREDIT: ILRIResearchers push for regiontailored vaccines to tackle African…
Cameroon mulls land reforms to secure pastoralists’ grazing rights
Cameroon mulls land reforms to secure pastoralists’ grazing rightsBy Ngalame Elias Download PDFA clash of lifestyles is at the heart of a tense land…
Armed with early warning system, Uganda agro-pastoralists tackle drought
Women in the Karamoja region store produce in a granary for use during periods of food scarcity. Photo Credit: LArmed with early warning system,…
Kenyan dairy project seeks to deliver safe milk to consumers
Kevin Kebit, a shop owner, uses a lactometer to test the density of freshly delivered milk. Photo Credit: ILRIKenyan dairy project seeks to deliver…
Smart brooders transforming chick rearing business
The sensors are a number of wires around the brooding space, some white and some black, all attached to a small black box which…
FAO releases tsetse flies map to combat nagana disease in livestock
Efforts to control and eliminate animal trypanosomiasis in livestock require decisions based on sound evidence. Photo Credit: Zablon OyugiFAO releases tsetse flies map to…
Neglected parasites: Scientists warn of the threat of leeches, flukes in livestock
Farmers rearing cattle and Goats in Nakasongola district in central Uganda with a possibility of being infested with liver flukes. Photo Credit: Lominda AfedraruNeglected…
