Most rural households across Nigeria keep chickens. The birds provide even the poorest families with both much-needed cash income and nourishing food. But these millions of rural smallholder and ...
In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock are the backbone of smallholder farming. Far from just being a source of food, cattle are central to sustainable crop-livestock integration by providing essential ...
The National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), ...
Djohy, G. and Crane, T.A. 2024. Successful farmer-herder integration in African agropastoral systems: A systematic case study review—A working paper. Montpellier, France: CGIAR System Organization.
The soil survey report of the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy is the first of its kind. Previous work on the distribution of soils ...
In the fight against climate change and food insecurity, soil is one of our most important allies. Grasslands and savannas cover more than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s surface. They support around 40% ...
Rift Valley fever (RVF) poses a persistent public health threat in pastoralist regions of Kenya, where human and animal life are intricately linked. This case study examines how social and gender ...
Gebreyes, M., Desta, G. and Mesfin, T. 2025. Progress Report: Ethiopia’s Partnership for Accelerating Agricultural Solutions Scaling (PAASS). Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
highlighted instances where projected yields were unrealistic – often too high for cattle, pigs, and poultry – but they also confirmed that several parameters aligned well with observed or expected ...
This info brief re-conceptualizes Living Labs within the CGIAR by examining the implementation of a Living Lab for People (LL4P) in Nandi County, Kenya. Drawing on a multi-year, participatory case ...
Net-mapping is a mapping tool based on group interviewing to visualize and discuss situations where many different actors can influence processes and outcomes. A net-map helps to understand which ...
home to Africa’s largest livestock population, estimated at over 70 million cattle, alongside significant numbers of sheep, goats, and poultry. The livestock sector ...
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