News Archive

Using the pig weigh band

Empowering women in livestock: addressing gender barriers in Uganda’s pig 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

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

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CIRNA project inception meetings held in Uganda and Kenya

SAPLING works in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam

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Three years, seven countries: Lessons learned from the CGIAR SAPLING Initiative

Community dialogues in Buwunga Subcounty, Masaka, Uganda (photo credit: Ripple Effect/Noah Malali).

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Addressing gendered constraints to women’s empowerment and restrictive gender norms: The case of engaging women and men in pig-related business activities in Uganda

Community dialogues in Masaka

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Engaging women and men in pig-related business activities in Uganda

A cattle herd at Shamba Kubwa farm in Wami Sokoine village, Tanzania (Simon Fravaal/ILRI)

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The Africa Asia Dairy Genetic Gains project launches mobile app to track dairy animal performance

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) director general, Apollinaire Djikeng (right), presented a plaque to the Minister of State for Animal Industry, Hon. Bright Rwamirama, in appreciation of the support accorded to the ILRI by the ministry over the past 12 years (photo credit ILRI/Go Promotions).

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ILRI celebrates 12 years of supporting the transformation of Uganda’s livestock sector

A poultry farmer in Wakiso attends to day-old chicks in a brooder (photo credit: ILRI/Pamela Wairagala).

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Improving biosecurity to reduce antimicrobial use and poultry losses in Uganda