News Archive

Landscape near Semera, the regional capital of Afar (photo credit: ILRI/ Sonja Leitner).

Study reveals Africa will reach 1.5°C climate change threshold by 2040 even under low emission scenarios

Hon. Abdallah Hamisi Ulega, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries

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Policy in action - how the Livestock Master Plan influenced Tanzania’s livestock sector

A dairy farmer feeds calves born in an improved dairy breeding system (photo credit: AVCD/Muthoni Njiru).

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AU endorses 10-year plan to build resilient agrifood systems in Africa

In Mbeya, Tanzania, a dairy farmer stands with his bull, a superior crossbreed identified through genomic and historic performance data. ILRI/K.Dhanj

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How a breeding network could build a genetic pathway to more productive and climate-smart livestock in Africa

More than 20 solutions that are being developed in Ethiopia by CGIAR and its partners were shared

Using a share fair approach to unravel what needs to change to drive agricultural transformation in Ethiopia

A Somali pastoralist woman carries her child on her back while holding a young goat in her arms, embodying the deep care and connection between family and livestock—essential bonds at the heart of pastoral life (photo credit: University of Glasgow/ILRI / Tsion Afework).

Opinion and analysis

What are livestock to pastoralists? An anthropological reflection

A dairy farm in the Kenyan highlands (ILRI/Birgit Habermann)

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CIRNA project inception meetings held in Uganda and Kenya

Feed trough, Lemo Woreda (photo credit: ILRI/Brook Tesfaye).

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Mixed Farming System Initiative’s feed and forage innovations enhancing resilience of smallholder farms in rural Ethiopia

Greeting card 2025

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