Kenya’s food system faces mounting pressure from nutritional, environmental, economic and social challenges. Despite notable progress in agricultural development, undernutrition and food insecurity ...

Twenty-four educators from higher education institutions in six Eastern Africa countries (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda) have completed training on integrating technology in ...

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) joins the global community in mourning the death of Sir David Nabarro on Saturday 26 July 2025. He was a visionary who dedicated his life to ...

In a world facing mounting food security challenges, poultry research is becoming increasingly important. For communities in ...

In Adama, a city just an hour from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, Ibso Kemal and Eden Samuel sell fried chicken in their ...

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 ...

This project aims to generate an inclusive research and innovation ecosystem that facilitates uptake, adaptation and adoption of solutions to issues that can be addressed by a One Health approach.

Project Description 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 ...

The goal of the project is to enhance livestock health and productivity, household incomes, food security and human nutrition through East Coast fever control in Kenya. The Feed the Future Animal ...

Overview To discover and deploy high-yielding, tropically adapted forages that also increase cattle enteric methane mitigation and improve the productivity and production efficiency of small-scale ...

COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population.

A partnership between the first veterinary school in Malawi and international research experts has contributed new insights into tropical livestock diseases,… ...