In May 2024, ILRI and partners shared news of the first drone flights over rangeland animals in Africa to test whether this ...

Livestock manure is an important locally available resource for enhancing crop productivity and generation of bioenergy, when ...

Kenya’s livestock sector plays a critical role in the country’s social, economic, environmental and public health landscape, contributing 3.8% to the gross domestic product (GDP) and 17.3% of ...

Poultry farming plays an essential role in rural livelihoods of Africa and southeast Asia, contributing to family nutrition and income. Despite this, the poultry subsector faces several challenges in ...

The project aims to reduce conflicts between farmers and pastoralists within transhumance corridors, provide new livelihood opportunities for women and youth, and provide economic empowerment ...

Ethiopia’s dairy sector boasts vast and diverse agroecologies complemented by a rich genetic pool of livestock. This, coupled with the surge in domestic demand for milk and milk products, improved ...

The MoreMilk project generated research evidence on how informal milk markets can be leveraged to improve nutrition and health, especially in peri-urban settings. The overall objective of the project ...

Pastoralist communities in northern Kenya are among the most neglected people in the country, suffering the highest levels of food insecurity and poverty. This is partly because the nomadic herding of ...

New research highlighted in the journal CABI Reviews suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5°C climate change threshold—the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement—by 2040 even ...

Kenya has taken a landmark step in strengthening its livestock sector and advancing regional integration through the first-ever mapping of its national livestock routes. In May 2025, the Supporting ...

The SafePORK project seeks to reduce the burden of food-borne disease in informal, emerging and niche markets. The project will develop and evaluate light-touch, market-based approaches to improving ...

The projects aims to develop, promote and test women-led chicken businesses in Ethiopia and Tanzania with the goal of promoting the economic empowerment of young women, and also of improving the food ...