🐔 Southeast Asia's first-ever native chicken breeding program, supported by #ACIAR & ILRI.org, is showing positive results. The native Skouy breed now reaches market weight in 14 weeks, compared to over a year previously.

Read more bit.ly/4aWJBos

Australian Embassy, Cambodia

ilri.org/news/africa-ri… ILRI.org Jonathan Odhong' kindu tegegne Million Gebreyes Tsehay Gashaw

The drylands of Africa & the Middle East are changing. What does this mean for the millions of farmers and herders who live there - and what does effective aid & investment look like in these places?

Find out more in #DynamicDrylands ep 1🎧: buff.ly/44UYsh3 #SPARCideas

Why is the word 'resilience' so tricky in areas of protracted crises and conflict?

HPG's Senior Research Fellow Simon Levine on #DynamicDrylands .

Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/3UDWJrr 🎧

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Earlier this week, we held a reception in Nairobi on the campus of our partners at ILRI.org (International Livestock Research Institute). It was a fantastic evening with nearly 80 alumni, students, staff and key external partners attending. We look forward to catching up again soon!

Very proud to have spearheaded the developpement of project R'OHOKET, a consortium with Kenya Red Cross Nairobi Branch, Kenya Medical Research Institute, ILRI.org, MUHAS in Tanzania, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, EPHI in Ethiopia.

'It is not possible to deliver on the 5 CGIAR #ImpactAreas without ample attention to biodiversity & how we conserve & use this biodiversity sustainably now & for future generations' Namukolo Covic of ILRI.org

'Today marks the launch of 2 new projects in Ethiopia to identify Forage with high anti-methanogenic compounds for livestock systems in the global south funded by Bezos Earth Fund & Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as a UK-CGIAR project' Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng

‘I can comfortably say that all of the three things we celebrate and launch today, wonderfully position us to be part of the plan’ Namukolo Covic speaking at the 40th year #GeneBank anniversary, Bioversity day and the launch of forage & climate research in Ethiopia
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Our upcoming hybrid conference focuses on rebuilding livelihoods in conflict-affected communities in Ethiopia.

Register now!
Virtual: on.cgiar.org/3vUpEzf
In person: on.cgiar.org/3W1XEEv
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Species 🌱 inventory at #Kapiti completed! Well done PhD students Fiona_Pierce & Habtamu_Sibilu. Lots of forbs 🌼, legumes & perennials grasses 🌾evidence of healthy seedbank after long drought. Fodder for 🐂🐑🦒🦓⁦ILRI.org⁩ ⁦TU München⁩ ⁦⁦Lancaster Environment Centre⁩

🚑In Isiolo County, Kenya, ILRI.org and local authorities trained community responders to address Rift Valley fever, focusing on disease awareness and prevention.

Read more: on.cgiar.org/44wDjcC

#Empowerment #Health

Afriscout, the so-called 'shepherd's eye in the sky' app, does more than help herders find grazing areas.

🎧Find out more about innovations in #pastoralist tech from Joshua Laizer in episode 4 of #DynamicDrylands : buff.ly/3JYhyZN #SPARCideas

'I have seen heaven and I have seen hell... Pastoralists are kind of trapped, you know. They are neither in the past nor in the future.”

🎧Former herder & Mercy Corps Regional Livestock Programme Director Diba Wako on #DynamicDrylands , ep 4: buff.ly/4b5l8gF #SPARCideas

‘I believe this is going to change our lives.’

The ResComm II project uses community-based agroecological approaches to improve food and nutritional security, and is being integrated into Tanzanian government initiatives.

Read about the recent launch: ilri.org/news/second-ph…

Pastoralist livelihoods in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East revolve around livestock. Their work supplies millions with meat, milk, income & exports.

How are they evolving to meet new challenges? SPARC_Ideas #DynamicDrylands podcast explains: shows.acast.com/dynamic-drylan…

ILRI genomics platform has trained public health scientists from 12 African countries on #genomicsurveillance & #bioinformatics , in a 2-week workshop led by platform head Samuel Oyola.

Africa CDC & ILRI are prioritising expansion of genomic skills & knowledge across Africa.

ILRI director general Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng joins the international, independent jury for the L’Oréal-UNESCO #ForWomenInScience International Awards.

unesco.org/en/prizes/wome…

Thrilled to have participated in this panel discussion, sharing our work at ILRI.org and the CGIAR_AMRhub 💊🦠🧫

#ILRIResearchSpotlight : In #Rwanda the government has set up guidelines for vendors to handle #milk more safely.

But are customers aware of different safety and quality standards - and are they willing to pay more for safer milk?

Read the study: hdl.handle.net/10568/131088