Dairy Development Forum established to further more inclusive dairy development in Tanzania

Last month, the Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Heifer Project International (HPI), SNV – The Netherlands Development Organisation, Land O’Lakes, Inc., and the Tanzania Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (MLDF) organized a national dairy stakeholders’ meeting to present the Dairy Development Forum (DDF). The DDF … Continue reading →

CGIAR-US university linkages call for proposals

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $107,800 to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish to promote linkages with American universities. Researchers in the four CGIAR livestock and fish partner centers – ILRI, ICARDA, CIAT and WorldFish – are invited to submit proposals. Specific objectives are: Bring high-level research expertise from … Continue reading →

Inaugural meeting of the Livestock and Fish advisory committee

On 11-13 December 2012, the Science and Partnership Advisory Committee of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program held its inaugural meeting in Nairobi. First on the agenda was a meeting with management teams of ILRI and the Livestock and Fish program. Program component leaders provided updates on each component, including the rationale of the … Continue reading →

Ethiopia value chain sites selected; rapid value chain assessment initiated

Earlier this year the Ethiopia team led by ICARDA set out plans for the program to transform sheep and goat value chains in the country. Since July, the team has engaged with national partners and stakeholders to identify research sites and partners. And today, the first of two planned training workshops on tools for the … Continue reading →

Partnership critical success factor for Livestock and Fish Program

On Saturday 27 October 2012, the Livestock and Fish Program organized a pre-conference session on ‘Mobilizing AR4D partnerships to improve access to critical animal-source foods’ at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD). Twenty-five people including invited resource persons and the directors general of three of the CGIAR centers involved in the … Continue reading →

Livestock and Fish Program mobilizes partners to devise effective research-for-development partnerships on animal-source foods

Next week the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) will be held in Uruguay. On 27 October, the Livestock and Fish research program hosts a pre-conference session on ‘Mobilizing AR4D partnerships to improve access to critical animal-source foods.’ Read a report of the meeting. Animal-source foods, for and by the poor Farmed … Continue reading →

Egypt research on tilapia aquaculture reports improved results through genetic improvements

The importance of aquaculture production in Egypt has been increasing rapidly in the past decade, especially tilapia aquaculture, which accounts for about 55 per cent of the total aquaculture production in the country. To meet the growing population needs for animal protein, Egypt has to realize the potential to further increase tilapia aquaculture production. Recent … Continue reading →

Livestock and Fish program seeks to go to scale with partners

The Livestock and Fish program has ambitious goals – to transform selected whole value chains to benefit poor producers and consumers. It is integrating technological, institutional, market and value chain interventions to accelerate pro-poor livestock and aquaculture development and achieve impact at scale. Effective partnerships with development actors are critical to the success of this … Continue reading →

Uganda pigs value chain project maps outcomes, selects sites

From 11-13 October 2012, the Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development (SPVCD) in Uganda project held a workshop that brought together 45 participants at Ridar Hotel in Seeta (Mukono). The objectives of the workshop were: to develop an Outcome Mapping strategy for the project and to initiate the site selection process. Present at the workshop were … Continue reading →

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish sets out plans for Uganda smallholder pigs value chains

On 24 and 25 September 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish convened a meeting of ILRI staff to prepare an overall work plan for Value chain development activities in the Uganda smallholder pig value chain. The meeting aimed to: Develop a common understanding of the Program’s objectives for the value chain and … Continue reading →