Livestock production systems management



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Mapping world animal feeding systems in the dairy sector
27/01/12

Animal feeding is of critical importance for the global dairy sector as it is the first step in the milk production chain and its impact can be observed at every level of the dairy chain.
The...

Increasing capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia
26/01/12

This working paper by Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and ...

ILRI updates structure and senior staff roles to tackle new challenges
25/01/12


Earlier this month, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) director general Jimmy Smith announced a number of organizational changes. We share th...

ILRI-IWMI vacancy: senior administrative assistant (closing 10 (Ten) days after the date of publication in the Ethiopian Herald)
25/01/12

Vacancy Number: A/003/2012
Department: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Duration: 2-year fixed t...

Turning defeat into new destiny – Going beyond food aid in the Horn of Africa
24/01/12


A massive die-off of livestock acr...

Putting a price on water: From Mt Kenya forests to Laikipia savannas to Dadaab drylands
19/01/12

A map of the Ewaso Ng’iro watershed catchment, taken from Mapping and Valuing Eco...

Australia funds scoping study on feed in livestock value chains in Ethiopia
19/01/12

There is a lot happening in the area of feeds for livestock value chains in Ethiopia at the moment. A number of new livestock research fo...

New training manuals for improving small-scale pig production: With lessons from northeastern India
18/01/12


Children of a smallholder pig-farming household in Mon Dist...

Yield gaps and potential agricultural growth in West and Central Africa: an IFPRI report
18/01/12

The authors identify a set of development priorities for agriculture that cut across West and Central Africa at both t...

Market incentives–not top-down regulation–needed to help poor farmers take advantage of East Africa’s burgeoning pig industry
17/01/12


A family of pigs are at home on a section of over...

Livestock insurance – A chance to outsmart drought?
11/01/12

A village meeting in Dirib Gombo fo...

Beef production in crop–livestock systems
05/01/12

This new report from the ACIAR – the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – argues that  the “improvement of production and...

ILRI-CIMMYT vacancy: research assistant iv – global cereal rust monitoring system (closing 10 (Ten) days after the date of publication in the Ethiopian Herald newspaper)
04/01/12

Vacancy Number: A/001/2012
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Duration: 2-year contract with possibility of renewal
General: The Internati...

ILRI vacancy: post-doctoral scientist – livestock systems analysis (open until the position is filled)
22/12/11

Vacancy Number: PD/SLF/12/11
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 2-year contract
ILRI offers a competitive international remuneration and benefits packag...

ILRI Vacancy: Deputy Director General – research (open until position filled)
22/12/11

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on pove...

ILRI starts looking for a Deputy Director General
22/12/11

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is looking for a dynamic Deputy Director General – Research is required to provide strategic scientific leadership, manage change at many level...

Empowering national and regional stakeholders: Renewed funding for PENAPH
22/12/11

Good news! PENAPH has received renewed funding from the Rockefeller Foundation under the title Empowering National and Regional Stakeholders. The grant has three main components. The first is modes...

ILRI vacancy: GIS analyst (closing 15 January 2012)
21/12/11

Vacancy Number: GIS/SLF/12/11
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 2-year contract
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the cros...

ILRI vacancy: research assistant (closing 15 January 2012)
21/12/11

Vacancy Number: RA/MARKETS/12/11
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 2-year contract
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the c...

ILRI vacancy: development and gender economist (closing 23 January 2012)
21/12/11

Vacancy Number: DEV/ECON/12/11
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 3-year contract renewable
ILRI offers a competitive international remuneration...
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