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Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the...
Pastoralism is an effective and productive livelihood system that makes the best use of variably distributed natural resources in often dry rangeland areas where it has a particularly strong...
View ArticleFocus on environmental health: The role of rangelands in an integrated One...
As the we commemorate the World Environment Day, 5 -June-2020, the criticality of the One Health approach, integrating human, animal and environmental health has continued to come to the fore. Yet,...
View ArticleA new ‘How-to-Do Note’ provides guidance on designing and implementing...
Women’s participation in community governance and local development is often limited by patriarchal discourses, biases and norms that define gender roles. Given pastoralist women’s role as resource...
View ArticleA new ‘How-To-Do’ note provides guidance on addressing land-use conflicts in...
Conflicts are relatively common in pastoral and agropastoral areas, and how they are perceived and handled has a strong influence on their outcomes. Many underlying conflicts are latent – unseen to an...
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New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe
Cattle at a livestock market in Ukambani, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). A new European Union-funded ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe’ (LIPS-Zim) project is working to increase...
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ILRI launches new drought index insurance for resilience in the Sahel and...
Camels carrying salt harvested in Afar, Ethiopia. A new drought index-insurance for resilience project is focusing on pastoral systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (photo credit:ILRI/ Fiona...
View ArticleWhen numbers lie
Land surface temperature data from ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station’s validation towers are significantly warmer than expected, prompting concern. Vast disparities in the number of instruments used to...
View ArticleInternational Livestock Research Institute becomes Global Landscapes Forum...
(BONN, 12 October 2020) – Over half a billion people in developing countries depend to some extent on farm animals for their livelihoods. Animal-sourced food also plays an important role in nutrition,...
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International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: A Mongolian proposal to...
Written by Cynthia Mugo (ILRI) and Lavinia Scudiero (GASL). Milking yaks in the highlands of China (photo credit: Marc Foggin/iyrp.info). In Aug 2019, the Mongolian Government began to petition the...
View ArticleTowards clearer One Health policies in eastern Africa: Interview with HEAL...
In November 2020, Zuleka Ismail joined the One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL) Project as interim regional manager. Zuleka brings more than seven years of experience in...
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