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Category Archives: CCAFS

CRP on climate change

National livestock sector policies and planning under a changing global economy

Posted on Wednesday 12 June 2019 by Judy Kimani • Leave a comment

The production and demand of livestock derived foods (LDFs) could change substantially in the future in many LMICs following major changes in global economic and climate conditions. A recent report assesses a standard global model’s projections of livestock production and the demand for LDFs in Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Cambodia, Nepal and Burkina Faso in 2050. Continue reading →

CCAFS / Climate Change / Dairying / East Africa / Gender / Gender news / Kenya / Livelihoods / Report / SLS / Women

New guide outlines options for integrating gender equity and social inclusion in low-emissions dairy production interventions

Posted on Wednesday 25 January 2017 by Dorine Odongo • Leave a comment

A recently published research report highlights that in order to appropriately address gender and socially inclusive development in the Kenyan dairy sector, any intervention must take into consideration the substantive cultural gender issues that are at play at both the household and producer organization levels. Continue reading →

Agriculture / CCAFS / Climate Change / Gender / Gender news / Women

New papers explore gender-inclusive climate adaptation strategies

Posted on Monday 19 December 2016 by Dorine Odongo • Leave a comment

Articles featured in a special edition of the journal of Gender, Technology and Development demonstrate that providing women with engagement opportunities and adaptation resources will greatly reduce the variance in agricultural productivity between men and women, which currently range from four to 25 percent globally. Continue reading →

Agriculture / CCAFS

Millions of small-scale food producers on a collision course with climate change

Posted on Saturday 31 December 2011 by ILRI Communications

For people living in absolute poverty and chronic hunger, the solution is not to rid the world of livestock, but to find ways to farm animals more efficiently and more sustainably Continue reading →

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Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?
How a deadly outbreak unveiled the key to safer food
Thursday Links (January 2020)
New livestock project in Vietnam can help improve livelihoods of ethnic minorities
Highlights of ILRI’s and other Rangelands Initiative partners’ engagement at the 46th Committee on Food Security
What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly
Participatory management strengthens governance, management and productivity of rangelands
The meat wars: A backlash is occurring on the backlash to meat dietary recommendations published late last year

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EPAS1 gain-of-function mutation contributes to high altitude adaptation in Tibetan horses Friday 15 November 2019
Public-private partnerships (PPP) for veterinary service delivery in Ethiopia: Regional PPP taskforce formation Tuesday 14 January 2020
FeedLink – to link fodder surplus-deficit regions Friday 8 March 2019