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Understanding livelihood constraints to better target livestock feed...
Uptake of improved feeding strategies to support market-oriented livestock production does not happen readily in the Ethiopian Highlands. Livestock tend to be fed opportunistically with what is...
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Barriers to the uptake of improved feeding strategies
At last week’s Africa-RISING ‘quick feed‘ project inception meeting, Werner Stür shared some of the reasons why improved animal feeding strategies seem not to be taken up, and some ways to address...
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Project team gathers in Tanga to kick-start MilkIT project
On 24-25 April scientists from India and Tanzania gathered in Tanga, Tanzania for the inception meeting of the IFAD-funded MilkIT project. The project is implemented by ILRI and CIAT are a major...
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Well-managed tropical forage-based systems improve livelihoods and mitigate...
New research from CIAT – the International Center for Tropical Agriculture shows that well-managed “LivestockPlus” systems involving improved forage crops – plants grazed by livestock – have impressive...
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Successful feed interventions are all about context: Ethiopian Livestock...
On 28-29 May we wrapped up the Ethiopian Livestock Feeds Project with a synthesis workshop in Addis Ababa. This brought together the whole project team, the core of which were colleagues from...
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MilkIT India advisory council reviews project plans, sites, partners
On 1 June, members of the MilkIT project advisory council held their first meeting in Dehradun. Nils Teufel of the International Livestock Research Institute introduced the project and its intended...
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Fodder and feed in livestock value chains in Ethiopia – reports available
Three reports from the six-month ‘Fodder and feed in livestock value chains in Ethiopia – trends and prospects’ project were recently produced by ILRI. The project was led by ILRI and involved the...
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Tools for livestock feed assessment – lessons from ELF and QuickFeed projects
Earlier this year, ILRI joined national and international partners in two ‘feed assessment’ projects in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Livestock Feeds project (funded by ACIAR) and the ‘QuickFeed‘ early win...
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Fodder seed field day in Ethiopia is an encouraging sign of sustained innovation
During the lifetime of the Fodder Adoption Project ILRI established local innovation platforms at various field sites around Ethiopia. The idea behind these was to provide a forum for key livestock...
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Investment opportunities for ruminant livestock feeding in developing countries
Feed for cattle in vietnam The World Bank just released a new report that “assesses where the demand for feed [for ruminants in developing countries] is likely to change the most, and where investments...
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Prioritizing animal feeding interventions – TechFit tool takes shape
From 23-24 May this year, a group of feed specialists from ILRI, CIAT, ICARDA and partner institutes got together in Addis Ababa to further elaborate the TechFit tool. This followed from a March 2013...
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Selecting appropriate feed technologies to support livestock intensification...
An approach to select locally appropriate feed technologies to support livestock intensification – Uttarakhand, India (ILRI/Alan Duncan) In Uttarakhand, feed is one of the most limiting constraints to...
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Transformation of beef production in Vietnam – an innovation case study
During the Fodder Adoption Project our Vietnam case was particularly successful building as it did on previous forage development efforts in Vietnam led by CIAT. Through the Fodder Adoption Project and...
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Forage diversity – an essential resource to support forage development
Poor-quality feed, fluctuating feed supplies and seasonal feed shortages are major constraints to increasing livestock productivity in many tropical countries. Forage diversity is an essential resource...
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The feeding component in rural and peri-urban smallholder pig systems in Uganda
In the last 30 years, Uganda has had a massive growth in pig population, and currently has the highest per capita consumption of pork in East Africa. The majority of Uganda’s pig farmers are...
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Impact of feed technologies on livestock production in India: Poster...
The livestock sector in India plays an important role in sustaining the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, especially the rural poor. Dairying is particularly important for these farmers because they...
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Innovation Platforms as a tool for smallholder dairy development: Experiences...
At last week’s Tropentag 2014 conference Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel and Alan Duncan gave a presentation on the use of innovation platforms in the ‘milkIT’ project in India. Innovation...
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Innovation platforms as a route to dairy development in India
In the hills of Uttarakhand climate change is leading to reduced water from snow-melt being availability for irrigation and more extreme weather events. This is making crop production difficult and...
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MilkIT: Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India through feed innovation
The MilkIT (enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation) project comes to an end in December 2014. The overall goal of the project was to contribute to improved...
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Growing food and feed with less environmental impact: A dual-crop impact...
Dual-purpose crops, which produce both high grain yields and nutritionally-rich crop residues for livestock, allow combined production of food and fodder from the same land and using a similar amount...
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