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Small farms to the rescue—reducing hunger by increasing low yields
John Oboum’s climate-smart small-scale farm site in Western Kenya (photo credit: CCAFS / Cecilia Schubert). ‘One of the most urgent challenges we face in the next several decades is feeding a growing...
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Why an Indian environmentalist does not advocate vegetarianism, or condem...
Typical smallholder livestock household in Berhampore Village, West Bengal, India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). ‘Recently . . . I was asked a question. “Why do you not, as an environmentalist...
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Jimmy Smith in Australia makes the case for greater investments in pro-poor...
Jimmy Smith, director general of ILRI (photo: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). The livestock sector plays a significant role in development, but Dr. Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock...
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India’s Nagaland State launches AI scheme for pigs following the state’s...
ILRI’s pig production project in the state of Nagaland, in northeast India (photo credit: ILRI/Ram Deka). ‘With per capita consumption of pork in Nagaland highest in the country, Nagaland Animal...
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Investigating fodder as a cash crop—a micro-enterprise for Indian dairy women
This and all photos on this page are of members of the Mulkanoor Women’s Dairy Cooperative, located in the Indian state of Telengana, who are participating in an ILRI research project to investigate...
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India’s northeast Bihar State gears up to approve and implement a ‘livestock...
Village household scenes from northeastern India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Bihar is gearing up for a ‘livestock master plan’ being prepared for it by the International Livestock Research...
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A ‘milk start-up’ aims to modernize India’s massive informal dairy economy in...
Small-scale dairying in Odisha State, India (photo credits: ILRI/Jules Mateo and Susan MacMillan) Leveraging the arrival of the internet in rural areas of India, an entrepreneur and former executive...
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Donors commit USD790m to help smallholder farmers cope with climate change;...
Plate with Cutlery and a Kettle, by Vincent van Gogh. Food systems face unprecedented challenges on multiple fronts, including increasing production while keeping the climate stable ‘On September 23,...
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India establishes separate ministerial livestock portfolio, a sector...
All illustrations by Bengali artist Jamini Roy, 1887–1972. ‘The creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry, dairying, and fisheries for the first time by Indian Prime Minister...
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How viable are schemes to give poor people making and selling ‘informal’ milk...
Artworks on this page: Various Jugs, by Katie Grobler. A new report from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)...
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