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Dairy intensification and milk market quality in Amhara region, Ethiopia
The first report from the ‘livestock intensification project on dairy value chains in India and Ethiopia’ (funded by the OPEC Fund for International Development) has just been released. Entitled ‘dairy...
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ILRI-PLE scientists embrace change, communication
PLE welcomes Iain Wright: he cuts cake with his predecessor Shirley Tarawali at the PLE meeting held in Addis Ababa recently. (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Communicate, Change! That is the new...
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PLE’s got talent, a lot of big ideas – and a bright future?
A recent meeting of the People Livestock and Environment (PLE) research theme of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) underlined the creative capacity and strong potential of team...
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Optimizing livelihood and environmental benefits from crop residues in Ethiopia
As part of an inter-regional study ‘optimizing benefits from crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Africa and South Asia’ sponsored by the CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, the...
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Blummel appointed to Livestock and Fish leadership team
Michael Blummel, a scientist with the People Livestock and the Environment (PLE) theme, will lead the Feeds Component of CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. This means he will take primary...
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Are cows the next development boom for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe?
Ben Makono (left) has fed his cattle a legume-based diet and seen their selling price rise by an average of USD 200 per cow. Photo: Johnson Siamachira/CIMMYT. Smallholder livestock farmers in Zimbabwe...
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Working together to improve the livelihoods of pastoralists in Zimbabwe
Millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa experience seasonal food insecurity. Pastoralists’ production is especially challenged by poor quality and quantity of livestock feed, particularly...
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