Tag Archives: USAID

How in-kind performance support system is increasing access to high-quality milk in Rwanda
Africa / Capacity strengthening / Dairying / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Markets / PIL / Rwanda

How in-kind performance support system is increasing access to high-quality milk in Rwanda

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Since 2017, as part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and RTI International, the University of Rwanda, and TechnoServe have been implementing a research project that is enhancing the quality and consumption of milk to improve the income and nutrition in Rwanda. TechnoServe’s work focuses … Continue reading →

Cambodia’s Safe Food, Fair Food project addresses major food safety issues
A4NH / AHH / Animal Health / Article / Cambodia / Food Safety / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nutrition / PIL / policy / Research / Southeast Asia

Cambodia’s Safe Food, Fair Food project addresses major food safety issues

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A research project in Cambodia is evaluating the economic burden of food-borne diseases in animal-source food value chains that are important to the poor, and it is piloting a market-based approach to improving food safety that builds on projects successfully implemented by ILRI in Africa and Asia Continue reading →

Business-to-business forums spur economic growth in northern Kenya
East Africa / Kenya / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Markets / PIL / policy / Project / Value Chains / Vulnerability

Business-to-business forums spur economic growth in northern Kenya

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been partnering and collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (EATIH) under the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) to hold livestock trade facilitation (business-to-business) forums in five Kenyan counties. This initiative has been implemented in Nairobi, Marsabit, Wajir and Isiolo counties to promote more efficient trade between livestock buyers, sellers and producers. Continue reading →