Smallholder dairy the focus of Livestock and Fish Research Program meetings in Tanzania

Dairying offers opportunities for rural livelihoods and nutritional security, particularly in societies already having a tradition of cattle-keeping. Perhaps uniquely amongst agricultural pathways out of poverty, it offers many pro-poor benefits from small-scale production and marketing. These include opportunities for intensification and enhanced productivity and incomes, employment in services and marketing, and nutrition both for … Continue reading →

Climate-smart crop-livestock systems for smallholders – Livestock and Fish project to intensify agriculture and mitigate climate change

The German Government recently approved a new project part of the ‘Livestock and Fish’ research program of the CGIAR. Led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the three-year project aims to improve the agricultural productivity and mitigation of climate change through more efficient nutrient use and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder crop-livestock … Continue reading →

Enhancing dairy livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recently funded a project on feed enhancement for dairy value chains in India and Tanzania. The project will be implemented by ILRI with CIAT as a major partner. We are calling the project MilkIT (Milk in India and Tanzania). The overall goal of the project is to contribute … Continue reading →

Core stakeholders provide feedback on the Livestock-Fish research program

As a brief aside to the Agenda of Action 2nd Multi-stakeholder Platform Meeting hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Phuket, Thailand – Jimmy Smith, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Director General, and Tom Randolph, CGIAR Research Program (CRP) 3.7 director hosted a consultative seminar to discuss the program … Continue reading →

Tom Randolph appointed Director of the CGIAR research program on livestock and fish

Dr Tom Randolph has been named Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. The Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Dr Jimmy Smith, made the announcement on Thursday 13 October 2011. ILRI leads this CGIAR research program – which will be collaboratively undertaken with the International Centre for Tropical … Continue reading →

CGIAR Fund Council approves proposal for research program on livestock and fish

At the 5th CGIAR Fund Council Meeting held on 6-8 July 2011 in Washington, DC, the Fund Council approved the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) proposal, More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor (CRP 3.7). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is the lead centre for this research program. The research program will … Continue reading →

CRP3.7 continues its process of engagement with the Ugandan smallholder pig value chain

As CRP3.7 ‘More meat, milk, and fish by and for the poor’ gets closer to final approval by the CGIAR Consortium, ILRI and CIAT have continued the process of engagement for one of the selected value chains: smallholder pig production in Uganda. Together with representatives from the European Commission (EC) and the International Fund for … Continue reading →

Livestock Fish proposal presented to the CGIAR Fund Council

On 8 April, ILRI Director General Carlos Seré presented the CRP ‘3.7’ proposal to the CGIAR Fund Council. View his presentation: More information on the 4th CGIAR Fund meeting Continue reading →

Livestock fish research proposal submitted to the CGIAR

On 17 September, the four CGIAR Centers working on this proposal – CIAT, ICARDA, ILRI and WorldFish – formally submitted their proposal to the CGIAR Consortium. In their foreword, the Directors General of the four Centers wrote: “In accepting the invitation to develop a CGIAR Research Program to increase global food security through livestock and … Continue reading →

Week 4: Linking technology generation to value chain development

In this 4th week of our e-consultation, we would like to turn the focus to another critical feature of our proposed Mega Program on livestock and fish, namely how will our technology generation work link to the value chain development efforts (see also some ideas shared at the recent Addis Ababa stakeholder meeting). As explained … Continue reading →